City of Baltimore - File #: 22-0139R

• File #: 22-0139R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Human Trafficking Investigations and Prosecutions
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 10/3/2022
• In control: Public Safety and Government Operations
• Final action: 12/4/2024
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Human Trafficking Investigations and Prosecutions For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Baltimore City Office of the State’s Attorney, the Baltimore Police Department, the Baltimore City Fire Department, the Baltimore City Public School System Police, the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the Maryland State Police, the Maryland United States Attorney’s Office, the Maryland Department of Social Services, the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, The Hope Center (formerly known as Baltimore Child Abuse Center), BlueDOT, and other collaborators from the Baltimore Human Trafficking Collaborative who provide identified victims of human trafficking with emergency interventions and supportive services, to brief the City Council on the scope of the human trafficking problem in Baltimore City, current efforts to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of human trafficking, further str...
• Sponsors: Kristerfer Burnett, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence, Ryan Dorsey, Antonio Glover, Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter, Zeke Cohen, Mark Conway, Robert Stokes, Sr.
• Indexes: Human Trafficking, Investigative Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/18/2023	0	Public Safety and Government Operations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/9/2023	0	Public Safety and Government Operations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/21/2022	0	Public Safety and Government Operations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Police Department
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Fire Department
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Public School System
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Sheriff's Office
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to States' Attorney's Office
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement
10/6/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
10/3/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced
10/3/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
title
Investigative Hearing - Human Trafficking Investigations and Prosecutions
For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Baltimore City Office of the State’s Attorney, the Baltimore Police Department, the Baltimore City Fire Department, the Baltimore City Public School System Police, the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the Maryland State Police, the Maryland United States Attorney’s Office, the Maryland Department of Social Services, the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, The Hope Center (formerly known as Baltimore Child Abuse Center), BlueDOT, and other collaborators from the Baltimore Human Trafficking Collaborative who provide identified victims of human trafficking with emergency interventions and supportive services, to brief the City Council on the scope of the human trafficking problem in Baltimore City, current efforts to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of human trafficking, further strategies that could be implemented to bring these individuals to justice, and resources that are needed to assist survivors of human trafficking.
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Recitals

According to the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force (MHTTF), Maryland is a hotspot for human trafficking. In a survey conducted by MHTTF, victim service providers in Maryland identified 396 victi...