Q&A
Clarification on sex trafficking complaints and hotline calls
1:16:13
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Deputy Chief Carlos Ortiz provides clarification on the number of sex trafficking complaints received by NYPD and explains the nature of calls coming into their hotline. He distinguishes between specific trafficking complaints and other types of calls received.
- 433 complaints specifically came in as sex trafficking complaints
- The hotline receives thousands of calls daily, with 10 to 15 calls per regular tour
- Calls come from various sources, including ACS, schools, and mandated reporters
- Some calls may be about general child welfare concerns, not specifically trafficking
Carlos Ortiz
1:16:13
Just to kinda, clarify that a little bit.
1:16:16
The 300 and and, I think 433 you said actually came over as, sex trafficking complaints.
1:16:23
We do get other complaints within that that, 24 hotline that come over as just, you know, regular a sex crime, not, human trafficking.
1:16:32
So that's specifically number.
1:16:33
So I we've got thousands and thousands of calls within that hotline on on a day.
1:16:37
I don't have the number in front of me.
1:16:38
I can definitely get that number back to you.
1:16:40
But on a daily basis, on a on a regular tour, we could probably get 10 to 15, maybe in 20 calls coming into that hotline.
1:16:48
And some of those calls are coming from our partners at ACS, our partners in schools, our partners in different organizations that are mandated reporters, or just someone happened to see, you know, for just to make it simple, a child walking by with a with a black eye.
1:17:01
We may get 4 calls on that.
1:17:02
The teacher may see it.
1:17:04
The school safety agent may see it.
1:17:06
The person at the bus may see it.
1:17:07
So those calls that he mentioned are specific to saying they they mentioned that.
Sabine Chery
1:17:13
Okay.