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Stewart: Standing against human trafficking

3/24/2024
Chandler has joined forces with other cities, police departments and nonprofits across the Valley to take a stand against human trafficking. We’re using state funding that equips police …

Republican lawmakers send sex trafficking bill to the …

3/18/2024
PHOENIX — Ignoring pleas from Democrats that victims could be caught up in harsh sentencing, Republican lawmakers on Monday sent a measure to the November ballot that if passed by voters in November would require those convicted of sex trafficking minors to spend life in prison with no chance of ever being released.

More than 150 arrested during human trafficking …

2/14/2024
The City of Scottsdale Police Department announced that 158 people were arrested during a 12-day, multi-agency operation targeting human trafficking in Scottsdale. Between Jan. 23 and Feb. 10, …

City of Chandler earns anti-trafficking designation

12/24/2023
At an early December meeting, the Chandler Council received a city honor. The Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network announced the city has earned a CEASE, or Cities Empowered Against Sexual …

Grant to fight human trafficking accepted by Queen …

11/3/2023
A grant from the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs for equipment and services related to anti-human-trafficking operations in an amount not to exceed $185,500, was approved by the …

Chandler Police human trafficking unit hits 40 arrests …

8/20/2023
When Chandler Police Detective Mike Russo received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Leadership Award, a colleague praised Russo for dealing well with the website Backpage and people …

Drug task force seizes over $100K in drugs, weapons in …

8/15/2023
Tempe Police Department assisted the Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force in an Aug. 2 seizure that took place within the city. 

Casino Arizona properties certified in human …

5/1/2023
Casino Arizona and Talking Stick Resort, enterprises of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, have been awarded with a Safeguarding All From Exploitation (SAFE) Action Project Certification …

Downtown Chandler restaurant event helps trafficking …

4/25/2023
CeCe’s Hope Center is putting on a fundraiser food and drink event Saturday.  The center, which aids victims of human trafficking, is sponsoring the  Underachievers' …

Grant will help Queen Creek Police fight human …

4/24/2023
A $463,339 state grant will be used by the Queen Creek Police Department to fund an additional detective to combat human trafficking.The grant was awarded to the QCPD by the Arizona Department of …

Chandler Police makes 17 arrests in January online …

3/5/2023
The Chandler Police Department conducted a multi-agency operation targeting adult online predators  and  made 17 arrests for a combined 43 sex-related felony crimes. Conducted tfrom Jan. …

Industries rally before Super Bowl to fight human …

2/5/2023
PHOENIX – Alicia Tucker, a survivor of human trafficking and a mother, stood in front of a room full of individuals all fighting for the same thing: eradicating human trafficking. Tucker …