AUSTIN – April marked the 10-year anniversary of the creation of the Interdiction for the Protection of Children program, and the Texas Department of Public Safety is proud to celebrate the milestone for this lifesaving program. IPC was launched in Texas in 2009 in an effort to equip law enforcement officers with the tools to recognize indicators of missing, exploited, at-risk and endangered children. As a result of the IPC program, law enforcement officers can more readily identify and rescue children, as well as arrest suspects.
“The Interdiction for the Protection of Children program gives law enforcement officers additional tools to help them police our streets and identify children who are at risk or endangered,” Governor Greg Abbott said. “Thanks to the IPC training that DPS has provided to its law enforcement partners, hundreds of vulnerable children throughout the country and internationally have been located and rescued over the last decade.”
DPS partners with various law enforcement, victim services and child protective services agencies to provide IPC training. Nationwide, this specialized training has been provided to state troopers, police officers, sheriffs’ deputies and investigators, as well as child protection services professionals, prosecutors and victim service professionals. Additionally, all Texas Troopers undergo IPC training.
