Bureau duties.

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  • (1) provide assistance and investigative resources to divisions within the Department of Public Safety;
  • (2) upon request, provide assistance and specialized law enforcement services to local law enforcement agencies;
  • (3) conduct financial investigations regarding suspicious cash transactions, fraud, and money laundering;
  • (4) investigate criminal activity of organized crime networks, gangs, extremist groups, and others promoting violence;
  • (5) investigate criminal activity of terrorist groups;
  • (6) enforce the Utah Criminal Code;
  • (7) cooperate and exchange information with other state agencies and with other law enforcement agencies of government, both within and outside of this state, through a statewide information and intelligence center to obtain information that may achieve more effective results in the prevention, detection, and control of crime and apprehension of criminals;
  • (8) create and maintain a statewide criminal intelligence system;
  • (9) provide specialized case support and investigate illegal drug production, cultivation, and sales;
  • (10) investigate, follow-up, and assist in highway drug interdiction cases;
  • (11) make rules to implement this chapter;
  • (12) perform the functions specified in Part 2, Bureau of Criminal Identification;
  • (13) provide a state cybercrime unit to investigate computer and network intrusion matters involving state-owned computer equipment and computer networks as reported under Section 76-6-705;
  • (14) investigate violations of Section 76-6-703 and other computer related crimes including:
    • (a) computer network intrusions;
    • (b) denial of services attacks;
    • (c) computer related theft or fraud;
    • (d) intellectual property violations; and
    • (e) electronic threats; and
  • (15) upon request, investigate the following offenses when alleged to have been committed by an individual who is currently or has been previously elected, appointed, or employed by a governmental entity:
    • (a) criminal offenses; and
    • (b) matters of public corruption.
  • (16)
    • (a) The bureau is not prohibited from investigating crimes not specifically referred to in this section; and
    • (b) other agencies are not prohibited from investigating crimes referred to in this section.




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