November 2020

From the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General: Supporting Law Enforcement’s Anti-Human Trafficking Work

Human trafficking is a global security threat that threatens the safety of communities. It is a massive criminal industry fronted by fraudulent businesses built on the slave labor of victims we pass e...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

The Metrics of Change

In October 2019, Uganda’s only designated human trafficking prosecutor was attempting, for the second time, to hold a German national accountable for trafficking children on a remote island on Lake ...

The Brief

The Brief: Public Transit Policing

The year is 2020, and everything you thought you knew just went out the window. The world is hit with a pandemic. There is civil unrest and political upheaval, the likes of which have not been experie...

Victim Services

Tackling the Many Facets of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a heinous crime that challenges law enforcement agencies operationally, organizationally, and structurally. The complexity of responding to and investigating human trafficking of...

Mental Health

Focus on Officer Wellness: The Case for Mandatory Annual Mental Health Checkups

Nearly everyone who has been in law enforcement for any length of time has known someone in the profession who committed suicide or had other issues related to mental health. According to Bluehelp.org...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Streamlining the Process from Victim to Investigator

There’s no question that insurance is a confounding subject for most members of the public—and, unfortunately, that makes it an area ripe for fraud and other criminal exploitation. In North Caroli...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Unexpected Human Trafficking Trends

What unexpected human trafficking trend have you seen in your region?...

IACP Net Bulletin

IACPnet Bulletin: Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a global issue and many police agencies are looking to enhance their operations to handle this type of crime more effectively. The IACPnet provides a repository of information and...