Successful Approaches to Working with Social Media for Human Trafficking Outreach and Awareness

A webinar that discusses how promoting human trafficking public awareness and education is critical to the long-term success of the Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) human trafficking task forces.

Target Audience: Law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and victim service providers

Overall Objective: To answer the following questions, and more using social media, how do we: improve the overall community response to human trafficking; enhance the presence of our task force; garner public awareness and support; educate the community; and develop community outreach to all relevant stakeholders; build relationships and trust in the community leading to increased partnerships, victim identification, and referrals.

Project Funding Provided By: The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Includes: A webinar featuring presenters K.D. Roche, Human Trafficking Field Expert; Katie Nelson, Social Media & Public Relations Coordinator, City of Mountain View Police Department; Leanne McCallum, Task Force Coordinator, Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force; and Moderator Katie Rossomondo, Project Coordinator, International Association of Chiefs of Police.

To learn more about IACP’s anti-human trafficking resources, go to the https://www.theiacp.org/projects/anti-human-trafficking-training-and-technical-assistance.