morning are going to work. some will stop and buy a prostitute and then when they re done they just go to work. so a lot of them tell the guys at work, hey, guess what i did on the way to work kind of thing. so it spreads, you know, word of mouth. five nights a week as the light of day fades debbie hoffman of oakland pd s see care unit heads out to the track on a mission to seek and find the forgotten girls who sacrifice their health and welfare to pleasure johns for the brutal men who control them. hey, honey. can i talk to you for a second? it may take months or years but for a decade hoffman s been there trying to save one life at a time by simply letting them know she cares. okay, honey. take care. hoffman says parents who believe it will never happen to their daughters should listen closely to the story of 19-year-old britney. on every corner you go to you will see a pimp.
no sting operation, oakland pd s debbie hoffman works the street as part of opd s see care unit. she is the human equivalent of a life line trying to reach the unreachable. human trafficking is happening right here in our own back yard. just happening from county to county and from state to state. this is my cell phone number. okay. i want you to call me when you get out. okay? even if you don t want to get into a program. just let me know you re okay. okay? hoffman tries to make an emotional connection with the young girls in an attempt to wrest them from the iron grip of their pimps. they ll probably make around maybe a thousand dollars a night off of one girl. and if he has six girls that s $6,000 in one night. hoffman says many of the 13 and 14-year-olds she sees are american girls trafficked from normal homes. the youngest girl i ever saw out on the street was ten years old. i ll never forget her. she was wearing a white jacket, which was filthy dirty.
hundred. i don t know all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i ll meet you. moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and dunt give a damn. you threw them in jail and you weren t attacking a problem. you weren t solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking the pimps and making them pay, they don t victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services and we can save one or two, then we ve done our jobs. it s modern day slavery. it truly is. four nights a week, sting or no sting operation, oakland pd s debbie hoffman works the street as part of opd s see care unit. she is the human equivalent of a life line trying to reach the unreachable. human trafficking is happening right here in our own
young girls are forced to walk and sell themselves. it s a street where men force young girls to sell their bodies for cash. a lot of men early in the morning are going to work. some will stop and buy a prostitute and then when they re done they just go to work. so a lot of them tell the guys at work, hey, guess what i did on the way to work kind of thing. so it spreads, you know, word of mouth. five nights a week as the light of day fades debbie hoffman of oakland pd s see care unit heads out to the track on a mission to seek and find the forgotten girls who sacrifice their health and welfare to pleasure johns for the brutal men who control them. hey, honey. can i talk to you for a second? it may take months or years but for a decade hoffman s been there trying to save one life at a time by simply letting them know she cares. okay, honey. take care. hoffman says parents who
oh, i don t know all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i ll meet you. moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and didn t give a damn, just threw them in jail. and you weren t attacking a problem. you weren t solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking pimps and making them pay, they don t victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services, we can save one or two, then we ve done our jobs. it s modern day slavery. it truly is. four nights a week, sting or no sting operation, oakland pd s debbie hoffman works the street as part of opd s see care unit. she is the human equivalent of a life line trying to reach the unreachable. human trafficking is happening right here in our own back yard.