An article in Stateline, a publication of Pew Charitable Trusts, highlights the ways that truckers and hotel workers can help tip off police to possible cases of human trafficking. For more information see How Truckers, Hotel Workers Can Fight Sex Trafficking, from Pew Charitable Trusts.
This year’s General Assembly is considering legislation to require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to expand its curriculum to include special training on the criminal laws concerning human trafficking, including services and support available to victims and the rights and appropriate treatment of victims. SB 220 has passed the Senate unanimously and is now in the House of Delegates.
According to analysis by the Department of Legislative Services,
The various local government agencies that conduct police entrance-level training and in-service training may need to modify existing training programs to meet the bill’s requirements. Some local governments can modify their training programs with existing resources, while others may incur some additional minimal costs.
At MACo’s Winter Conference last December, the Women of MACo hosted a speaker on human trafficking and how local laws can help stop human trafficking.
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