Police Department

A police department is a law enforcement agency that is responsible for maintaining public safety and order within a specific jurisdiction, such as a city or county. Police departments are typically headed by a chief of police or other senior law enforcement officer, and they are staffed by sworn police officers who have the authority to enforce the law and make arrests. Police departments may also include support staff, such as dispatchers and administrative personnel. Police departments are typically funded by tax revenues and may be organized at the local, state, or federal level. The duties of a police department may include responding to emergency calls, patrolling neighborhoods, investigating crimes, and enforcing traffic laws.

Human trafficking training now required for all San Antonio airport workers, not just city employees
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Human trafficking training now required for all San Antonio airport workers, not just city employees

SAN ANTONIO – The expansion of human trafficking training at the San Antonio International Airport is a big relief to trafficking survivors like Ashlea Jones. “At 7 years old, I was molested at a friend’s house. That really started like a whole trail of bad behavior,” Jones said. Jones was only 18 when she met…

Human trafficking victim hid in Houston airport bathrooms for 10 days after evading her captors
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Human trafficking victim hid in Houston airport bathrooms for 10 days after evading her captors

Monica Phillips, security and information for Houston Airports, spotted several indicators that led to identifying the victim traveling from Lubbock.  HOUSTON — A veteran aviation worker who is trained on what to look for when it comes to human trafficking spotted several red flags that led to the rescue of a victim at Bush Intercontinental…

Tarrant County 5 Stones June 2023 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones June 2023 Meeting

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our June 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this June consisted of some law enforcement updates and then a panel discussion of how trafficking and trauma interrelate.  Experts on the panel included Rev. Yevette Christy,  Servant-Survivor; Heather’Amelia Johnson, LPC; Mridu Adhikari, MSW; and Carolina Utz, CSC,…

Grand Jury Report on Human Sex Trafficking Calls for Increased Resources, Shared Data | The Capistrano Dispatch
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Grand Jury Report on Human Sex Trafficking Calls for Increased Resources, Shared Data | The Capistrano Dispatch

More funding and collaboration is needed to bolster the county’s agencies and stakeholders in combatting human sex trafficking, the Orange County Grand Jury concluded in its latest report published this month. Prior to releasing its findings, the group conducted extensive interviews with county officials, social service personnel and subject matter experts in addition to reviewing…

Laredo City Council to Raise Awareness Against Human Trafficking
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Laredo City Council to Raise Awareness Against Human Trafficking

LAREDO, Tex. – Human trafficking is a growing concern for law enforcement. Now that the department of homeland security is working to help educate the public and police on the dangers human trafficking, the City of Laredo is also doing its part by ensuring the police department is ready to handle these types of cases….

USF designated as first academic institution for statewide human trafficking data repository
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USF designated as first academic institution for statewide human trafficking data repository

Housed at the St. Pete campus, the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience and Research Lab is now the statewide repository for anonymous human trafficking data due to a new bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/USF The USF Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience and Research Lab was recently…

Longtime Missouri juvenile officer sentenced to 7 years for sex with teen
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Longtime Missouri juvenile officer sentenced to 7 years for sex with teen

QUINCY (WGEM) – U.S. District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced a former longtime deputy state juvenile officer to seven years in prison for engaging in illegal sex acts with a 15-year-old who was living in an Illinois group home. Judge Fleissig also ordered Scott F. Burow, 63, to pay $7,500 in restitution to his…

20+ Sex Trafficking Statistics in 2023
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20+ Sex Trafficking Statistics in 2023

Editor’s note: Reminder that all human trafficking statistics are difficult to gather, since it is a crime. We present the best information we can find, but data changes frequently and is often influenced by the group collecting the information and the amount of funding available.  Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery that occurs…

DPS: 30 children found in human trafficking operation
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DPS: 30 children found in human trafficking operation

MIDLAND-ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) – On Tuesday May 9, Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (CID) ran a missing and exploited child operation and found a total of 30 children. The age of youngest child recovered was 13 years of age. Law enforcement’s goal was to find or recover children reported missing in Midland…

13-year-old charged with murder after confessing to killing 4-year-old sibling: Danville Police
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13-year-old charged with murder after confessing to killing 4-year-old sibling: Danville Police

A teen in Virginia is facing a murder charge in connection to the death of a sibling. According to the Danville Police Department, a 13-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder and the victim is the teen’s 4-year-old sibling. Police said in a news release, the teen recently confessed to suffocating the 4-year-old. Police said…