Peter Davies, chief executive of Ceop, said the organisation is facing pressure to address issues thrown up by new technology such as smart phones and superfast broadband while dealing with rising numbers of referrals.
In 2009/10, the organisation received 6,291 reports of exploitation and abuse, up 16 per cent on the previous year. That figure is likely to have increased further after the ClickCeop button was introduced to the Facebook website in July last year.
"We have actively put more staff into referrals," Davies, previously assistant chief constable at Lincolnshire Police, told CYP Now. "When people press the ClickCeop button I am confident we have enough (resources) to deal with demand. If demand goes up we have to make difficult decisions about how we resource the services we provide."
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