Public Safety community training to stop human trafficking

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On November 6, 2019, the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) will host a symposium for all disciplines of Georgia’s Public Safety Community. The 8-hour training symposium will dig deep into the second largest criminal enterprise in the world and a $290 million industry in Georgia.

This illegal business is Human Trafficking and is the trade of recruiting, harboring, transporting, obtaining or providing a person (especially minors) for abduction, fraud, coercion, forced labor and/or sexual exploitation. The one-day training will focus on the horrific reality of Human Trafficking in Georgia and is for all disciplines of public safety.

Governor Brian Kemp’s Initiatives and Priorities, Put Georgians First, listed cracking down on gang activity and human trafficking affecting every community across Georgia. Human trafficking is a critical issue and a public safety concern that is on the rise across the nation, but according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta is one of fourteen cities with abnormally high rates of human trafficking and child prostitution.

The Georgia Public Safety Training Center saw the necessity to equip the members of the public safety community to put a stop to this criminal enterprise. Second only to drug trade, human trafficking is the modern-day slavery and is quite lucrative. A kilo of cocaine can be sold one time, but a child can be sold over and over! This crime is not isolated to the downtown areas where crime is prevalent; Human trafficking could be happening next door and you would have no idea.

“To combat this terrible industry plaguing our state, it is imperative that all members of public safety are aware, informed, and well-equipped. As the nation’s premiere center for learning and growth, it is our duty to provide the tools and resources necessary to put an end to this imminent threat on Georgia’s innocent children,” stated Chris Wigginton, Director of the GPSTC.

The Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force will present invaluable information that will equip our law enforcement, fire service, emergency medical service, prosecutors, judges and others within the public safety community with the knowledge needed to identify, investigate, and prosecute human trafficking cases in Georgia.

All members of the public safety community are urged to attend this valuable one-day training symposium. Training credit has been approved through Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (POST), Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency (CCLC), Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council (GFSTC), and Georgia Office of EMS and Trauma (OEMS).

All media are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please kindly let us know if you are planning to attend. RSVP to [email protected] -or- [email protected].

 

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