The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department in Phoenix, Arizona, offered all county personnel, patrol deputies, correction officers, probation officers and other key stakeholders detailed instruction on how identify, recover, and respond to victims of sex trafficking and to ensure traffickers face justice.
Cindy McCain, co-chair of the Arizona Trafficking Council and wife of the late U.S. Senator John McCain, was the first speaker at the Sex Trafficking Symposium held June 17, 2019.
The AMBER Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program provided experts to present on topics related to helping vulnerable victims of sex trafficking, including:
• Warning signs of trafficking.
• Investigative techniques.
• Developing a county-level response, to include identifying and recovering victims, and connecting them with advocacy and services.
During the event, a survivor of trafficking shared her story and spoke about her interaction with law enforcement and others, explaining the impact those interactions had on her.