labor trafficking

The IACP received a request from Sean O'Connell, HT task force liaison, Vermont State Police, in regards to confidentiality policies and procedures. The IACP tasked Theresa Nietzel, Detective, Erie County Sheriff's Office, with coordinating a response to the technical assistance request. Detective Nietzel was able to provide Sean O'Connell with practical ways to maintain confidentiality while also maintaining a multi-disciplinary approach and including all partners.

Jane Anderson, AEquitas, was invited to participate in a panel at the Labor Trafficking Symposium on March 18, 2020. The Summit was cancelled due to the Global pandemic.

Join the International Association of Chiefs of Police and AEquitas for their no-cost training “Effective Strategies to Investigate and Prosecute Labor Trafficking in the United States” being held April 1–3, 2020 in Solvang, California.

Join the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Institute of Intergovernmental Research for their webinar “Partnerships to Address Labor Trafficking: How to Build a Multidisciplinary Team” on February 20, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) invite you to their webinar “Partnerships to Address Labor Trafficking: How to Build a Multidisciplinary Team.”

Investigators will benefit from learning about practices and innovative strategies for investigating and addressing labor trafficking cases. Establishing trusted multidisciplinary relationships can lead to significant progress in identifying, apprehending, and convicting labor traffickers while safeguarding the lives of victims and their families.

Throughout the period of July 2019 through December 2019, this project received and addressed, via email and phone communication, requests for information on anti-human trafficking training, technical assistance, and resources. The project staff tracked, addressed, and has kept record of all requests addressed through funding from award 2017-VT-BX-K101.

Delivery of training and technical assistance on the topic of labor trafficking identification, investigation, and prosecution to law enforcement attendees of the 2020 Western States Information Network (WSIN) Human Trafficking Conference, on February, 2020, in Sacramento, California. This is a 2 1/2 hour training delivery by IACP consultants.

This 2.5 day in-person training event is a delivery under Cooperative Agreement 2017-VT-BX-K101, in order to equip law enforcement and prosecutors with knowledge, understanding, and proven practices for anti-labor trafficking identification, investigations, and prosecutions. Labor Trafficking training is priority for the law enforcement field across the country, and this delivery addresses that demand from the field.

This 2.5 day in-person training event is a delivery under Cooperative Agreement 2017-VT-BX-K101, in order to equip law enforcement and prosecutors with knowledge, understanding, and proven practices for anti-labor trafficking identification, investigations, and prosecutions. Labor Trafficking training is priority for the law enforcement field across the country, and this delivery addresses that demand from the field.

Anna Fletcher, Task Force Coordinator with the Utah Trafficking in Persons (UTIP) Task Force requested to have someone speak at their task force's conference to address labor trafficking as they have self-reported struggles with identifying, investigating, and prosecuting labor trafficking. They requested a speaker (through IACP) to give a training workshop on identifying & responding to labor trafficking.