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FCPD Applies for Human Trafficking Detective Grant - Application for $285,000 would pay for a human trafficking specialist and overtime for task force officers.
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Date: May 29, 2012 07:59AM
FCPD Applies for Human Trafficking Detective Grant
Application for $285,000 would pay for a human trafficking specialist and overtime for task force officers.
By William Callahan
http://chantilly.patch.com/articles/fcpd-applies-for-human-trafficking-detective-grant
The Fairfax County Police Department could be getting a full-time detective whose sole focus is combating human trafficking in the area.
During its Tuesday, May 22 meeting, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized the police department to apply for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. Fairfax and Prince William counties would split a $500,000 grant, financing a position for a specialist in human trafficking crimes. The money would also provide overtime pay for detectives currently assigned to the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force.
Approximately $285,000 of the grant would go to Fairfax County. But the police department will be submitting its grant application nearly two months after the March 29 deadline.
Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross expressed irritation that the board was being asked for approval so late in the process. She said the board should “be ahead of the game instead of playing catch-up.”
FCPD Lieutenant Chris Marsh, of the Organized Crime and Narcotics Division, explained that the department initially decided to pass on the opportunity. But after conferring with the U.S. Attorney General’s office and the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force, officials at the FCPD decided to apply. By that time, it was past the March 29 deadline.
The board’s approval comes after federal authorities charged five alleged gang members in March 2012 with forcing local high school girls into prostitution.
According to court documents, the alleged criminals lived in the Springfield, Lorton, Alexandria and Woodbridge areas. If girls didn’t perform, the men beat or raped them, or forced them to take illegal drugs, including cocaine and Ecstasy.
Earlier this month, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed into law 13 bills that are designed to strengthen the fight against human trafficking and other violent crimes.
Fairfax County Police Chief David Rohrer announces the arrest of five alleged members of a local gang accused of prostituting high school girls, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, March 29, 2012. Credit James Cullum
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Application for $285,000 would pay for a human trafficking specialist and overtime for task force officers.
By William Callahan
http://chantilly.patch.com/articles/fcpd-applies-for-human-trafficking-detective-grant
The Fairfax County Police Department could be getting a full-time detective whose sole focus is combating human trafficking in the area.
During its Tuesday, May 22 meeting, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized the police department to apply for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. Fairfax and Prince William counties would split a $500,000 grant, financing a position for a specialist in human trafficking crimes. The money would also provide overtime pay for detectives currently assigned to the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force.
Approximately $285,000 of the grant would go to Fairfax County. But the police department will be submitting its grant application nearly two months after the March 29 deadline.
Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross expressed irritation that the board was being asked for approval so late in the process. She said the board should “be ahead of the game instead of playing catch-up.”
FCPD Lieutenant Chris Marsh, of the Organized Crime and Narcotics Division, explained that the department initially decided to pass on the opportunity. But after conferring with the U.S. Attorney General’s office and the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force, officials at the FCPD decided to apply. By that time, it was past the March 29 deadline.
The board’s approval comes after federal authorities charged five alleged gang members in March 2012 with forcing local high school girls into prostitution.
According to court documents, the alleged criminals lived in the Springfield, Lorton, Alexandria and Woodbridge areas. If girls didn’t perform, the men beat or raped them, or forced them to take illegal drugs, including cocaine and Ecstasy.
Earlier this month, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed into law 13 bills that are designed to strengthen the fight against human trafficking and other violent crimes.
Fairfax County Police Chief David Rohrer announces the arrest of five alleged members of a local gang accused of prostituting high school girls, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, March 29, 2012. Credit James Cullum
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