comcast business. built for business. officers with the oakland police department s human trafficking task force are out on the city s notorious prostitution track conducting undercover stings. so we ve been out here about 40, 45 minutes. within about a five-block radius four arrests within a short period of time. it s the type of activity that s going on here. 21-year-old kekia moore is no stranger to the oakland p.d. it s tough to figure out how this well-educated, articulate young sacramento native ended up trolling international boulevard. but being arrested is nothing new for her. be cooperative and you know how this works, right?
they can grab you into their car. they can take off before you have a chance to react. i need everybody to make sure they re on top of their game. we have undercover officers out here who are putting themselves in a situation that can turn bad really quick, especially some of the things that we ve been seeing so far. pimps walking around with guns flashing, trying guerrilla tactics and things like that. so i need everybody to be on their a game. it s a little after 3:00 p.m. when the task force hits the streets of oakland and rolls out to the track. we ll put them on the northeast corner. i m not going to let anything happen to you, wendy. all right, bro. you got eyes? yeah, i got eyes. all right. unders are out, northeast corner. 17th avenue, international. seasoned vice cops know that there s no surefire way to predict when the johns will show up. but today it only takes ten minutes for the undercovers to get their first bite. how are you doing? all right.
sharmin bach says operations like these are not about harassing girls, they re all about raising public awareness to the growing problem of domestic trafficking. it s about really throwing the door wide open so people can see what is going on on the street corner every day. we re talking about american children being bought and sold by american men in epidemic proportions throughout our country. be cooperative, and you know how this works, right? yeah. i ve got to go to jail? and so many people think that this is something that only happens in third world countries or with women and children coming over in shipping containers from the far east. but you know, if you open your eyes and actually look at what you see throughout the bay area on the street corner, those are kids. those are our kids. up next, face to face with a vicious, neverending cycle of drugs and despair out on the track of oakland.
that crack pipe just got pulled out of your coat. yes, but my coat, my sister had it on earlier. that s not mine. i do it but i ain t have nothing all day. okay. officer, i did not do anything. i did not solicit him at all. police carefully document the evidence and then move on. all right. female, black, white jacket, blue jeans. coming up there. copy. arrest teams copy. this is going to be a swoop. you can pop out and film this one. this young woman is done for the night but not before offering police a living, breathing reminder of exactly what it is that they are trying to accomplish out here on the track. what are you recording me for? can you get them out of my face? right now light is being shed on this issue perhaps for the first time. alameda county prosecutor
targeting the men whose continuing patronage drives the underground sex trade. the male johns, the customers. we re going after the johns. a lot of times in these operations you see we re going after females. we understand that females are a major part of the problem, but they are also victims. if we can attack this, if we can address this situation by going after the customers, well, then i think it s our duty to try and address this big problem on all sides of the coin. undercover officers will be wendy. everybody take a look. and felicia. two veteran female officers prepare to go undercover as street walkers. you want it through your bra or okay. stick it underneath the straps. you should be fine. they are wired for sound yeah, that s working. and must also brace themselves for the very real danger that comes from playing prostitutes out on the track. i ve been doing undercover work for about six years and had some interesting experiences. i ve been hit.