Human trafficking awareness month resolution
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And I just wanted to say a few words and also
I did visit Victory High School and thank you. Commissioner Moore for helping introduce them as well. I did go to their ribbon cutting. And then let me go back to the Human Trafficking Um Awareness Month. So good morning. Thank you, Chairman Oakley, for allowing me to address the human trafficking issue. and present the resolution. The human trafficking is best described as the exploitation of individuals where they are focused to
work for and exchange sex for anything of value. Pasco County has recognized the criminal nature of human trafficking and in two thousand fourteen attacked the problem. head on by forming the Commission on Human Trafficking. The Commission is made up of thirteen members of the variety of areas across our community, including the School Board, County Government, Law Enforcement, and Hospitality Industry. They all band together to fight against this modern form day of slavery. Florida is ranked number three
for the most calls to the human trafficking hotline. Florida is also number three in the nation for the most human trafficking cases. In twenty nineteen in 2019, there were eight hundred and nineteen cases reported We need to lower this figure. And the only other two that were higher than the state of Florida was California and Texas. The commission created a complete campaign to help curb the human trafficking
including working on ordinance sixteen thirty four, which mandated that the signage offering to help victims be posted in restrooms and restaurants of sexually oriented businesses. The commissioner has the commission has produced public service announcements that have made over two million impressions so far. Human trafficking often occurs near large events that bring in groups from out of town, such as Super Bowl. People sometimes act differently when they're not at home. We have Super Bowl coming to the areas Bay Area soon. We want to highlight
the efforts of the Commission on Human Trafficking. They have developed a campaign that addresses human trafficking called Pasco Doesn't Bias. There are bus wraps and digital billboards and websites too. Even Pasco bus drivers are receiving special training on human trafficking. We want to be sure that we rid our community of this horrible crime and we thank you. are thankful for the works of the PASCO Commission on Human Trafficking. So thank you the fellow board members for helping with this important topic. Thank you.
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