On Wednesday, Sept. 20, the report of a potential attempted child abduction by a stranger in a red van in Sedalia had parents watching their children more closely and reporting suspicious vehicles to police.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Sedalia Police Department in cooperation with the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control, the Missouri Information Analysis Center and the Department of Homeland Security joined forces on a prostitution sting intended to fight human trafficking.