- Tuesday January 30th, 2018 :: 02:17 p.m. PST
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#LASD Sheriff McDonnell: More than 50 Saved During Human Trafficking Task Force Reclaim & Rebuild Operation
The following agencies and task forces participated:
Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Taskforce
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
California Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Homeland Security Investigations
LA County District Attorney's Office
LA County Probation Department
LA County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles School Police Department
United States Attorney's Office
Long Beach Human Trafficking Taskforce
Long Beach Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations
Orange County Human Trafficking Taskforce
Anaheim Police Department
California Highway Patrol
Costa Mesa Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations
Irvine Police Department
Newport Police Department
Orange County District Attorney's Office
Orange County Sheriff's Department
Santa Ana Police Department
Placer County SIU Taskforce
Alcohol Beverage Control
Auburn Police Department
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
California Department of Justice
California National Guard
Lincoln Police Department
Placer County Probation
Placer County Sheriff's Department
Rocklin Police Department
Roseville Police Department
Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Homeland Security Investigations
Riverside County District Attorney's Office
Riverside County Sheriff's Department
US Department of State Diplomatic Security Service
Santa Barbara Human Trafficking Taskforce
Lompoc Police Department
Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department
Santa Barbara Police Department
Santa Maria Police Department
San Bernardino County Trafficking Taskforce
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
San Bernardino District Attorney's Office
San Diego Human Trafficking Taskforce
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
California Department of Justice - Attorney General's Office
California Highway Patrol
Chula Vista Police Department
Coronado Police Department
Escondido Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Homeland Security Investigations
Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Enforcement and Removal Operations
Internal Revenue Services
La Mesa Police Department
National City Police Department
Oceanside Police Department
San Diego City Attorney's Office
San Diego County District Attorney's Office
San Diego County Probation Department
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
San Diego Police Department
United States Attorney's Office - Southern District of California
United States Customs and Border Protection
United States Marshals Service
Tulare County Human Trafficking Taskforce
Tulare County Sheriff's Department
Tulare County District Attorney's Office
Visalia Police Department
Dinuba Police Department
Tulare Police Department
Porterville Police Department
Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Oxnard Police Department
Ventura County District Attorney's Office
Ventura County Sheriff's Department
Ventura Police Department
Agencies
Alameda County Sheriff's Department
Citrus Heights Police Department
Delano Police Department
Hemet Police Department
Huntington Beach Police Department
Inglewood Police Department
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Marin Sheriff's Office
Marina Police Department
Merced Police Department
Milpitas Police Department
Novato Police Department
Roseville Police Department **
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
Sacramento Police Department/FBI TaskForce
San Jose Police Department
San Rafael Police Department
Santa Clara Sheriff's Office
**Agency participated with task force and independently
Federal
United States Attorney’s Office
Homeland Security Investigations (ICE)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Marshals Service
United States Department of Labor
State
California Attorney General
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (State Parole)
California Employment Development Department
California Highway Patrol
County
LA County Sheriff’s Department
LA County District Attorney’s Office (DA & DA Investigator)
Department of Children and Family Services
LA County Probation Department
LA County Department of Public Health
City
Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department
Pomona Police Department
Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
Non-Government/Community Based Organizations
Alafia Mental Health
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Human Trafficking Legal Network
iEmpathize
Journey Out
Northridge Hospital Center for Assault Services
San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center
Saving Innocence
The Guardian Group (Hotel/Motel Outreach, Education and Signage)
Los Angeles County Sheriff Clergy Council
Pet Prescriptions Therapy Dog Program
Demand Abolition Cease Network
Restoration Diversion Services
Virtuous Women Inc.
Zoe International
Prepared by:
Lieutenant Kent Wegener
Human Trafficking Bureau
and
Deputy Lillian Peck
Sheriff’s Information Bureau
211 West Temple Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
Website LASD HQ: http://www.lasd.org
"If You See Something, Say Something"
L.A. Crime Stoppers: Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you may call “L.A. Crime Stoppers” at 800-222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 MOBILE APP” on Google play or the App Store, or use the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
Jim McDonnell, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
#LASD Sheriff McDonnell: More than 50 Saved During Human Trafficking Task Force Reclaim & Rebuild Operation 
Sheriff McDonnell Announces Hundreds of Arrests Made and Dozens Rescued by California Law Enforcement and the
Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
During Operation Reclaim and Rebuild
In conjunction with Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Sheriff Jim McDonnell announced details and results from the fourth annual ‘Operation Reclaim and Rebuild’ enforcement operation, conducted by the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force and more than 80 participating federal state and local law enforcement agencies, and task forces from across California. The three-day, statewide effort aimed at combatting human trafficking took place between Thursday, January 25, and Saturday, January 27, 2018, and was conducted in various mediums and met with positive results.
The press conference was held Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at the iconic Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. Sheriff McDonnell was joined by District Attorney Jackie Lacey, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office; Assistant Chief Beatrice Girmala, Los Angeles Police Department; CEO Kay Buck, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking; and representatives from several participating federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, and public and private service providers.
Operation Reclaim and Rebuild focused on rescuing victims of sexual slavery and human trafficking, providing victims with much-needed services, identifying and arresting their captors, seeking successful prosecutions, and disrupting the demand for vulnerable victims by targeting their customers. Police agencies and other trafficking task forces throughout our state joined in the enforcement operation to send the clear message that California law enforcement shares a unified mandate: Human trafficking must not be tolerated in our state!
Operation Reclaim and Rebuild focused on rescuing victims of sexual slavery and human trafficking, providing victims with much-needed services, identifying and arresting their captors, seeking successful prosecutions, and disrupting the demand for vulnerable victims by targeting their customers. Police agencies and other trafficking task forces throughout our state joined in the enforcement operation to send the clear message that California law enforcement shares a unified mandate: Human trafficking must not be tolerated in our state!
In preparation for the event, an operational planning meeting took place in Los Angeles, with over 120 federal, state and municipal law enforcement detectives from all over California in attendance. Investigators focused enforcement operations wherever the trafficking of human beings took place, from confronting the reality of sidewalk prostitution by conducting demand operations, to challenging the virtual reality of the cyber world where traffickers believe they can operate anonymously using the internet. The internet has furnished a vast variety of opportunities for traffickers, but with the experience of specially-trained cyber detectives who posed as vulnerable teenagers and interacted with suspects on social media, traffickers and customers who were anxious to exploit found their plans foiled.
Minors encountered during enforcement efforts were cared for by personnel from various Department of Children and Family Services Agencies in each county. In Los Angeles County, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) and Saving Innocence (SI) coordinated the emergency services response for victim care and collaborated with similar, non-governmental victim service organizations throughout the state.
Minors encountered during enforcement efforts were cared for by personnel from various Department of Children and Family Services Agencies in each county. In Los Angeles County, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) and Saving Innocence (SI) coordinated the emergency services response for victim care and collaborated with similar, non-governmental victim service organizations throughout the state.
Operation Reclaim and Rebuild was widely successful in its endeavor with 56 adult and minor victims being recovered; 178 males arrested for the charge of Solicitation; and 30 males arrested for pimping. In total, 510 arrests were made.
As Sheriff McDonnell relayed the mission, efforts and results of Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, he pointedly addressed the traffickers and johns who conduct their illegal business in Los Angeles County and the state of California with a clear message. He reminded them of the gravity of their crimes and the prosecution to accompany their actions when discovered.
As Sheriff McDonnell relayed the mission, efforts and results of Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, he pointedly addressed the traffickers and johns who conduct their illegal business in Los Angeles County and the state of California with a clear message. He reminded them of the gravity of their crimes and the prosecution to accompany their actions when discovered.
Next, the Sheriff directly addressed the victims. “We will work tirelessly with our partners such as the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking and Saving Innocence to meet your needs, and help you reclaim and rebuild your lives,” he said.
“We, as prosecutors, must do everything in our power to protect young people from falling prey to sex traffickers,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said. “Working together with law enforcement, we are removing these violent predators from our community, protecting our children and making our streets safer for all of us.”
“Our taskforce is, above all else, about partnership and developing survivor-centered solutions together,” said Kay Buck, CEO of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, known as CAST. “CAST relies on our criminal justice partners to hold traffickers accountable; this gives us the space to start creating safety and trust with survivors -a critical part of healing from trauma. As a taskforce, we are investing in survivors.”
“We, as prosecutors, must do everything in our power to protect young people from falling prey to sex traffickers,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said. “Working together with law enforcement, we are removing these violent predators from our community, protecting our children and making our streets safer for all of us.”
“Our taskforce is, above all else, about partnership and developing survivor-centered solutions together,” said Kay Buck, CEO of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, known as CAST. “CAST relies on our criminal justice partners to hold traffickers accountable; this gives us the space to start creating safety and trust with survivors -a critical part of healing from trauma. As a taskforce, we are investing in survivors.”
The following agencies and task forces participated:
Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Taskforce
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
California Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Homeland Security Investigations
LA County District Attorney's Office
LA County Probation Department
LA County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles School Police Department
United States Attorney's Office
Long Beach Human Trafficking Taskforce
Long Beach Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations
Orange County Human Trafficking Taskforce
Anaheim Police Department
California Highway Patrol
Costa Mesa Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations
Irvine Police Department
Newport Police Department
Orange County District Attorney's Office
Orange County Sheriff's Department
Santa Ana Police Department
Placer County SIU Taskforce
Alcohol Beverage Control
Auburn Police Department
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
California Department of Justice
California National Guard
Lincoln Police Department
Placer County Probation
Placer County Sheriff's Department
Rocklin Police Department
Roseville Police Department
Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Homeland Security Investigations
Riverside County District Attorney's Office
Riverside County Sheriff's Department
US Department of State Diplomatic Security Service
Santa Barbara Human Trafficking Taskforce
Lompoc Police Department
Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department
Santa Barbara Police Department
Santa Maria Police Department
San Bernardino County Trafficking Taskforce
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
San Bernardino District Attorney's Office
San Diego Human Trafficking Taskforce
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
California Department of Justice - Attorney General's Office
California Highway Patrol
Chula Vista Police Department
Coronado Police Department
Escondido Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Homeland Security Investigations
Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Enforcement and Removal Operations
Internal Revenue Services
La Mesa Police Department
National City Police Department
Oceanside Police Department
San Diego City Attorney's Office
San Diego County District Attorney's Office
San Diego County Probation Department
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
San Diego Police Department
United States Attorney's Office - Southern District of California
United States Customs and Border Protection
United States Marshals Service
Tulare County Human Trafficking Taskforce
Tulare County Sheriff's Department
Tulare County District Attorney's Office
Visalia Police Department
Dinuba Police Department
Tulare Police Department
Porterville Police Department
Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Oxnard Police Department
Ventura County District Attorney's Office
Ventura County Sheriff's Department
Ventura Police Department
Agencies
Alameda County Sheriff's Department
Citrus Heights Police Department
Delano Police Department
Hemet Police Department
Huntington Beach Police Department
Inglewood Police Department
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Marin Sheriff's Office
Marina Police Department
Merced Police Department
Milpitas Police Department
Novato Police Department
Roseville Police Department **
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
Sacramento Police Department/FBI TaskForce
San Jose Police Department
San Rafael Police Department
Santa Clara Sheriff's Office
**Agency participated with task force and independently
For additional information contact Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Human Trafficking Bureau Lieutenant Kent Wegener at 323-526-5156 or the Sheriff’s Information Bureau at 213-229-1850.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department Human Trafficking Bureau houses the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, the nation’s largest co-located human trafficking task force. This task force is a collaboration of federal, state, county, and local law enforcement, social service agencies, and non-government and community-based organizations investigating. Together, they serve the needs of commercially-exploited adults and minors, victimized for the purpose of sex and labor.
The Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force brings together systems and disciplines to address victims’ needs through a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach. The task force employs a regionalized strategy which crosses jurisdictional boundaries to identify and rescue victims, while aggressively pursuing traffickers and buyers.
L.A. Regional Human Trafficking Task Force Partners:The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department Human Trafficking Bureau houses the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, the nation’s largest co-located human trafficking task force. This task force is a collaboration of federal, state, county, and local law enforcement, social service agencies, and non-government and community-based organizations investigating. Together, they serve the needs of commercially-exploited adults and minors, victimized for the purpose of sex and labor.
The Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force brings together systems and disciplines to address victims’ needs through a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach. The task force employs a regionalized strategy which crosses jurisdictional boundaries to identify and rescue victims, while aggressively pursuing traffickers and buyers.
Federal
United States Attorney’s Office
Homeland Security Investigations (ICE)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Marshals Service
United States Department of Labor
State
California Attorney General
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (State Parole)
California Employment Development Department
California Highway Patrol
County
LA County Sheriff’s Department
LA County District Attorney’s Office (DA & DA Investigator)
Department of Children and Family Services
LA County Probation Department
LA County Department of Public Health
City
Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department
Pomona Police Department
Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
Non-Government/Community Based Organizations
Alafia Mental Health
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Human Trafficking Legal Network
iEmpathize
Journey Out
Northridge Hospital Center for Assault Services
San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center
Saving Innocence
The Guardian Group (Hotel/Motel Outreach, Education and Signage)
Los Angeles County Sheriff Clergy Council
Pet Prescriptions Therapy Dog Program
Demand Abolition Cease Network
Restoration Diversion Services
Virtuous Women Inc.
Zoe International
Prepared by:
Lieutenant Kent Wegener
Human Trafficking Bureau
and
Deputy Lillian Peck
Sheriff’s Information Bureau
211 West Temple Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
Website LASD HQ: http://www.lasd.org
"If You See Something, Say Something"
L.A. Crime Stoppers: Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you may call “L.A. Crime Stoppers” at 800-222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 MOBILE APP” on Google play or the App Store, or use the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
Jim McDonnell, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Address/Location
LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB)
211 W Temple St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 213-229-1700
