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The U.S. "Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection" (1997) stated, "Cybercops are law enforcement personnel whose beat is cyberspace
Cyberspace

Cyberspace — from the Greek language — is the global domain of electro-magnetics accessed through electronic technology and exploited through the modulation of electromagnetic energy to achieve a wide range of communication and control system capabilities....
." According to Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
's Justice and Public Safety Division (Microsoft) Marketing Manager Ken Reeves, over 2,000 (international) law enforcement organizations
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 had connected to the internet by 1996. Reeves noted: "The Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 is another protective device, just like the bulletproof vest
Bulletproof vest

A ballistic vest is an item of armor that absorbs the impact from firearm-fired projectiles and shrapnel fragments from explosions. This protection is for the torso....
."

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The U.S. "Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection" (1997) stated, "Cybercops are law enforcement personnel whose beat is cyberspace
Cyberspace

Cyberspace — from the Greek language — is the global domain of electro-magnetics accessed through electronic technology and exploited through the modulation of electromagnetic energy to achieve a wide range of communication and control system capabilities....
." According to Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
's Justice and Public Safety Division (Microsoft) Marketing Manager Ken Reeves, over 2,000 (international) law enforcement organizations
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 had connected to the internet by 1996. Reeves noted: "The Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 is another protective device, just like the bulletproof vest
Bulletproof vest

A ballistic vest is an item of armor that absorbs the impact from firearm-fired projectiles and shrapnel fragments from explosions. This protection is for the torso....
."

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Chief Joe Vince stated: "The (U.S.) federal computer system is...the most powerful law enforcement tool I have ever seen."

There is an acknowledged civil libertarian objection to the idea of cybercops.

The United States Patriot Act greatly expanded the abilities of police authorities ('cybercops') to collect data from the Internet.