Houston Police Department Vice Division Information Brief Captain

Houston Police Department Vice Division Information Brief Captain Dan Harris February 9, 2016

Agenda • Vice Division Investigations • 2015 End of Year Accomplishments • Vice Division 2016 Goals • Anatomy of a Vice Operation. . And Beyond – The Vice Conundrum – The Importance of Assistance Organizations • Questions

Vice Investigations HT & HS Prostitution • Streets • Internet • Hotels • Brothels • Escort Services • Message Estab. / • Streets • Internet • Hotels • Brothels • Escort Services • Residences / Spas • Adults • Juveniles • Int’l • Domestic Apartments • Massage Estab. / Spas • Human Trafficking • Child Sexual Exploitation Sexually Oriented Businesses • Topless / Nude • Hostess / Bikini / Taxi • Adult Novelty • Adult Arcades • Adult Video • Adult Bookstores • Human Trafficking • Prostitution • City Ordinances Gambling Clubs Liquor Tobacco • Game Rooms • Behind the • Clubs & Bars • Unregistered / • Clubs & Bars • Restaurants • Convenience • Clubs & Bars • Convenience Scenes Locations • Money Laundering • Tax Laws • City Ordinances Hidden locations • Human Trafficking • Prostitution • Liquor Law Violations • Ordinance Violations Stores • Texas Beverage Code • Texas Tax Laws • City Ordinances Stores • Texas Tobacco Laws • Tax Laws

Vice Division 2015 Accomplishments 1. Education & Professionalization a. Police Agency Site Visits – Best Practices b. 40 -hour Vice Investigator School & Vice Training Manual 2. Initiatives and Operations – Demand Side & $$ a. The Doll House b. Modification of Massage Establishment Ordinance 3. Support Greater Effort to Combat Human Trafficking a. Relocated the Human Trafficking Unit to Midwest b. Special Advisor to the Mayor for Human Trafficking c. Collaborate with Assistance Organizations

Law Enforcement Partners – Le Vice LE Partners Criminal Justice Partners FBI Constable Precinct 1 HCDA’s Office DHS HSI Constable Precinct 2 Harris County Attorney’s Office DPS Constable Precinct 3 City of Houston Legal Department TABC Constable Precinct 4 Comptrollers Constable Precinct 5 HCSO Constable Precinct 6 HPD Vice Constable Precinct 7 HPD Narcotics Forfeiture Abatement Seizure Team Constable Precinct 8 Houston Fire Department Fire Marshal

Vice Division 2016 Goals FY 2016 Grant: Enhanced Collaborativ e Model to • Combat Human • Trafficking ID Human Trafficking Victims Demand Reduction • Arrests – Penal Code Support NGO • Chapter 125 / Assistance Actions Agencies • Money Reduce Laundering / Recidivism Organized Crime / Tax Labor Trafficking Public Education through Mass Media

Anatomy of a Vice Operation… And Beyond “Operation Hypothetical” Goals: 1. Address community complaints 2. “Shape the Environment” – public & criminals 3. Target “Johns” (demand side) & “Pimps” (traffickers) 4. Identify and assist trafficking victims & non-victims

Step 1: Select a Location Hotspot Target Locations

Step 2: Conduct Covert & Overt Ops • Covert Operations – Vice Division § Street Sweeps § Decoy Operations § Business Locations • Overt Operations – Patrol Division § Zero Tolerance • Repeat…Again…

Step 3: Process Victims & Non. Victims Harris County Jail The Vice Conundrum Determine Victim Status Drop Charge & Release Pretrial Diversion Serve Time

Step 4: Assess Needs & Assist Criminal Justice System Drop Charge & Release The Importance of Assistance Organizations Pretrial Diversion Serve Time Self-Initiator Assess Her Needs Link with the best Provider • • • Shelter Food Clothing Health care Money Security

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