{"id":123409,"date":"2025-09-15T10:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=123409"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:51:26","slug":"indiana-icac-initiative-operation-guardian-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/09\/15\/indiana-icac-initiative-operation-guardian-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana ICAC Initiative: Operation Guardian Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ISP_Indiana_State_Police_banner.jpg\" alt=\"ISP Indiana State Police side\" width=\"701\" height=\"160\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ISP_Indiana_State_Police_banner.jpg 701w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ISP_Indiana_State_Police_banner-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ISP_Indiana_State_Police_banner-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ISP_Indiana_State_Police_banner-696x160.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Hoosier children began returning to school in August 2025, the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force&#8217;s new initiative: Operation Guardian Angel.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Indiana ICAC Initiative: Operation Guardian Angel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis, Indiana (September 15, 2025) &#8211; As Hoosier children began returning to school in August 2025, the Indiana State Police, which oversees the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, organized and led a vital new initiative: Operation Guardian Angel.<\/p>\n<p>The primary goal of Operation Guardian Angel was to intensify efforts in areas of proactive investigations, such as peer-to-peer file sharing and undercover (UC) chat investigations. Through these efforts, the Indiana ICAC aimed to identify and locate children who were victims of hands-on sexual abuse, bringing them to safety and holding their abusers accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond these crucial investigative efforts, the Indiana ICAC continued its ongoing commitment to prevention and community outreach. Educating the public about internet safety remains a key part of the ICAC\u2019s mission to protect children in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reactive Investigations Resulting from Citizen Complaints or CyberTips: 252<\/li>\n<li>Proactive Investigations: 36<\/li>\n<li>Number of CyberTips Received for August: 2,233<\/li>\n<li>Number of CyberTips Received between January and August 2025: 16,124<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arrests<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total Arrests: 48<\/li>\n<li>Identified as Hands-on Offenders: 14<\/li>\n<li>Number of Arrestees who were also a Registered Sex Offender: 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Child Victims Identified<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children Rescued from On-going Abuse: 14<\/li>\n<li>(1) Newly Identified Children with Images: 31<\/li>\n<li>(2) Newly Identified Children without Images: 26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prevention Activities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of Presentations: 86<\/li>\n<li>Estimated number of attendees: 8,546<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/isp\/icactf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more information about the Indiana ICAC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(1) A newly identified child victim is a victim whose identity was not previously known to law enforcement or NCMEC, but now is known as a result of an investigation. These children are the newly identified child victims whose abuse was used by a suspect or suspects to create child sex abuse material (CSAM).<\/p>\n<p>(2) A newly identified child victim is a victim whose identity was not previously known to law enforcement or NCMEC, but now is known as a result of an investigation. These children are the newly identified child victims whose abuse was not captured in any known child sex abuse material (CSAM).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p[>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/trooper_noone.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Indiana State Police Trooper Chris Noone. 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