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Lawmakers hear that dissolved task force left big gaps: trafficking reports fell from about 400 to 42
Summary
Lieutenant Mike Student told the joint committee that when a multi-stakeholder human trafficking task force shared data there were around 400 reports; after the DOJ grant and task force ended reporting dropped to roughly 42 reports from three agencies, creating large data gaps.
Legislators were told that Vermont’s ability to track human trafficking declined after a prior multi-agency task force dissolved and its reporting obligations lapsed.
"When we were all sharing our data together, we had somewhere close to 400 reports of trafficking," Lieutenant Mike Student said. "So now that we're down to only 42 reports from these 3…
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