Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force Announces Arrests and Rescues by California Law Enforcement During Operation Reclaim and Rebuild NA23008ma

What:
News conference in conjunction with National Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Who:
Chief Michel Moore, Los Angeles Police Department
Commander Michael Hannemann, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Deputy Chief Kris Pitcher, Los Angeles Police Department
Chief Deputy Sharon Woo, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Representative from ZOE International

When:
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
9:00 a.m.

Where:
Los Angeles Police Department Elysian Park Academy
1880 Academy Dr., Los Angeles

Media check-in at the guard shack begins at 8:30 a.m.

Why:
Chief Moore will announce details surrounding a weeklong, statewide operation aimed at combatting human trafficking, Operation Reclaim and Rebuild. California law enforcement and the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking
Task Force made hundreds of arrests, and rescued adult and juvenile female victims.

Operation Reclaim and Rebuild involved more than 100 federal, state, and local agencies, and task forces across California, as listed below. Contact: For questions regarding this news conference, please contact LAPD Media Relations Division at 213-486-5910.

Operation Reclaim & Rebuild 2023 Participants

Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
California Attorney General
California Highway Patrol
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Parole)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homeland Security Investigations
Los Angeles Airport Police Department
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles County Probation Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles Police Department
United States Attorney’s Office

Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force
Anaheim Police Department
California Highway Patrol
Irvine Police Department
Santa Ana Police Department

Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
Homeland Security Investigations
Murrieta Police Department
Riverside Police Department
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

San Bernardino County Human Trafficking Task Force
California Highway Patrol
Homeland Security Investigations
San Bernardino County Probation Department
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department

San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Parole)
California Department of Justice
California Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homeland Security Investigations
National City Police Department
San Diego City Attorney’s Office
San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
San Diego County Probation Department
San Diego County Sheriff’s Department
San Diego Police Department
SDI HIDTA
United States Attorney’s Office

Santa Barbara County Human Trafficking Task Force
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homeland Security Investigations
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
Santa Barbara District Attorney
Santa Maria Police Department
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office

Contra Costa County Human Trafficking Task Force
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Parole)
California Highway Patrol
Brentwood Police Department
Concord Police Department
Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office
Contra Costa County Probation Department
Contra Costa Office of the Sheriff
El Cerrito Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Probation
Hercules Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations
Lafayette Police Department
Martinez Police Department
Pittsburg Police Department
Richmond Police Department
San Pablo Police Department
San Ramon Police Department
Walnut Creek Police Department

Tulare County Human Trafficking Task Force
Tulare County District Attorney
Tulare County Sheriff’s Office
Tulare Police Department
Visalia Police Department

Ventura County Human Trafficking Task Force
California State University Channel Islands
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homeland Security Investigations
Oxnard Police Department
Port Hueneme Police Department
Simi Valley Police Department
Ventura County Code Compliance
Ventura County District Attorney’s Office
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Ventura Police Department

Agencies

Bakersfield Police Department
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Parole)
California Department of Justice
Ceres Police Department
Chula Vista Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fresno Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations
Huntington Beach Police Department
Kern County District Attorney’s Office
Kern County Probation Department
Long Beach Police Department
Los Angeles Police Department**
Modesto Police Department
Napa County Sheriff’s Department
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Oakdale Police Department
Placer County Sheriff’s Office
Pomona Police Department
Sacramento Police Department
San Francisco Police Department
Santa Ana Police Department**
Solano County Sheriff’s Department
Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department
Suisun City Police Department
Turlock Police Department
United States Marshals Service
Vacaville Police Department
Vallejo Police Department

**Agency participated with task force and independently

For questions or information on the task force, contact Detective Mario Gallegos at LAPD, Detective Support and Vice Division, Human Trafficking Unit 213-399-0115.