Date
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Time
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location Name
Sonoran Sky 5
Name
The LA County Law Enforcement First Responder Protocol: A Decade of Impact and Evolution.
Track
Service Providers
Kate Walker Brown Jasmine McDonald
Description

The Los Angeles County Law Enforcement First Responder Protocol for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (the Protocol) is in place to provide a more compassionate and appropriate response for youth impacted by CSE that avoids arrest and detention. Centering the young people most impacted, the protocol requires a coordinated response by law enforcement, county agencies, and community-based advocates. This workshop will discuss the expansion of the protocol to seven law enforcement agencies, the over 1,400 recoveries, and will review a recent report reflecting on ten years of implementation, highlighting successes and lessons learned in combating commercial sexual exploitation.