we don t want to do this. we are made to do this. we are forced to do this. and when someone s life is threatened and constantly every day saying, if you don t get on the track i m going to kill you. i m going to stab you. i have my boys watching you. you can t do anything. you re scared. the odds of pulling a girl off the street are small but hoffman and the men of the oakland task force are undaunted. saleda says it s a race against the clock. the earlier they can pull a girl off the street the more likely it is that she won t fall prey again to the anxious men who only see children in terms of dollars and cents. they re total property. it s truly modern day slavery. with thousands of dollars at stake pimps keep a watchful eye over the girls they traffic. the pimp does not come up for her rescue. he just wants to make sure he
we don t want to do this. we are made to do this. we are forced to do this. and when someone s life is threatened and constantly every day saying, if you don t get on the track, i m going to kill you, i m going to stab you, i have my boys watching you, you can t do anything. you re scared. the odds of pulling a girl off the street are small, but hoffman and the men of oakland s task force are undaunted. saleda says it s a race against the clock. the earlier they can pull a girl off the street, the more likely it is that she won t fall prey again to the anxious men who only see children in the terms of dollars and cents. they re total property. it s truly modern-day slavery. with thousands of dollars at stake, pimps keep a watchful eye over the girls they traffic. the pimp does not come up for her rescue. he just wants to make sure he knows how much money she s making.
struck and the undercover taps his brake lights. looks like he already gave the swoop signal. signaling the arrest team to swoop down and make the bust. that s it right there. as the police close in the subject makes a half hearted attempt to flee. she s getting out of the car. she s getting out of the car walking southbound. that s her. the woman is easily arrested and she s done for the night. but the task force is just getting started. she s running up to meet him in the alley. moments later, just a few blocks away, they nab another one. it s business as usual on the streets of oakland. female black, looks like pink shirt, white shorts. we got her last time. then the officers find something that really captured their attention. hey, those girls are really young. three girls who appear to be juveniles out on a stroll. all right. pulling up alongside of them.
the trafficking task force at the opd tries to combat the problem from all fronts. they use male undercover officers to troll the streets as johns and female officers to pose as prostitutes. they also go online and call girls whose pimps place ads on site like craigslist. is jasmine there? and veterans are constantly training rookies in undercover tactics. we just put on an undercover school. what we ll do is take these guys out and get their feet wet. let them try and pick up some girls and see what it s like to follow a car and that kind of thing. detective jim saleda is an eight-year veteran of the task force. tonight he ll be working closed cover keeping a protective eye on the undercover cops posing as johns. again, if shots are fired be mindful you always want cover. tonight s sting requires two dozen officers and nine cars. and if there is an officer down we ll react to the threat as we just talked about.
you can never escape. but six months ago, when she was arrested in an oakland sting operation like this one, she received a card with debbie s phone number. she says it saved her life. we don t want to do this. we are made to do this. we are forced to do this. and when someone s life is threatened and constantly every day saying, if you don t get on the track i m going to kill you. i m going to stab you. i have my boys watching you. you can t do anything. you re scared. the odds of pulling a girl off the street are small but hoffman and the men of the oakland task force are undaunted. saleda says it s a race against the clock. the earlier they can pull a girl off the street the more likely it is that she won t fall prey again to the anxious men who only see children in terms of dollars and cents. they re total property. it s truly modern day slavery. with thousands of dollars at stake pimps keep a watchful eye over the girls they traffic. the pimp does not come up for her r