A highly-specialized cadre of military veterans and federal agents combat a home-based battle.
(FOX)- Composed of federal law enforcement agents and disabled military veterans, a new program is thriving in the arena of national-level investigations.
Specifically, federal agents with Homeland Security and wounded military veterans teamed-up to abate child predation, using a national net to ensnare perpetrators and decimate the scourge of perversion.
Dubbed H.E.R.O. (Human Exploitation Rescue Operative), the program launched in 2013 and has bloomed to 100-plus former U.S. soldiers implementing their military training and skills.
Those same robust skills are forged with law enforcement tactics and training provided by federal investigators. Predominately, the military veteran contingent conducts meticulous, needle-in-a-haystack operations in the realm of digital forensics analysis, navigating the labyrinth of computer instrumentations in search of evidentiary material.
Culling through vast stores of online information, veterans produce data for inclusion in ongoing investigations targeting child predators.