IACP
For Immediate Release:
November 12, 2007
NEWS
Contact:
Wendy Balazik, 703-836-6767, x264
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
VIDEO ASSOCIATION AWARDS IACP TOP PRIZE FOR
VIDEO COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Alexandria, VA: The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) received
the top prize in the Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association’s
(LEVA) Specialized Production category for its roll call training video titled The Crime
of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Guide. The video is part of a three part
training package for law enforcement on the crime of human trafficking and also
includes a discussion guide and an accompanying guidebook.
“The IACP is honored that the Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video
Association selected The Crime of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Guide as
the top video in its specialized production category,” said Ron Ruecker, Director of
Public Safety for the City of Sherwood, OR, and President of the IACP. “The IACP
hopes that this video will help local law enforcement officers to recognize and respond
to this horrific crime.”
The aim of the IACP’s training package, including The Crime of Human Trafficking: A
Law Enforcement Guide, is to give solid direction for effective officer response and
community collaboration and provide guidance and resources for assisting victims.
The training package includes:
• information about the definition of the crime of human trafficking;
• methods by which traffickers operate and reasons why victims may be reluctant
to report;
• means for detecting and investigating these crimes;
• ways to address the safety and other needs of victims; and
• information on federal laws and resources.
For more information about the video or the IACP’s Police Response to Violence
Against Women Project, visit
http://www.theiacp.org/research/VAWPoliceResponse.html.
The IACP is the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police
executives, with nearly 20,000 members in 100 countries. The IACP’s leadership
consists of the operating chief executives of international, federal, state, and local
agencies of all sizes. For more information, visit the IACP Web site at www.iacp.org.