6 U.S.C. § 642 — Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking
submitted 11 years ago by Pub. L. 114-22 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 277 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must create a training program for certain Department personnel to deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking. The program must provide current information, use suitable training methods, and be reviewed every year.
(a) In general. Within 180 days after May 29, 2015, the Secretary* must create a program to—
(1) train and periodically retrain relevant Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other Department* personnel whom the Secretary considers appropriate. The training must cover how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking* and, when appropriate, stop a suspected human-trafficking perpetrator while the personnel perform their main duties; and
(2) make sure those personnel regularly receive current information about detecting human trafficking. This includes information that becomes available outside the Department’s initial or periodic retraining schedule, when it relates to their official duties and is consistent with applicable information and privacy laws.
(b) Training described. The training may be provided in a classroom or through virtual learning. It must include—
(1) ways to identify suspected human-trafficking victims and, when appropriate, suspected perpetrators;
(2) for appropriate personnel, ways to approach a suspected victim, when appropriate, in a way that is sensitive to the victim and unlikely to alert a suspected perpetrator;
(3) training best suited to the particular place or environment where the personnel perform their official duties;
(4) other topics the Secretary decides are appropriate; and
(5) an evaluation after the personnel complete the training.
(c) Training curriculum review. Every year, the Secretary must reassess the program created under subsection (a) to make sure it matches current human-trafficking techniques, patterns, and trends.
Not later than 180 days after May 29, 2015, the Secretary* shall implement a program to—
train and periodically retrain relevant Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other Department* personnel that the Secretary considers appropriate, with respect to how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking*, and, where appropriate, interdict a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking, during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities; and
ensure that the personnel referred to in paragraph (1) regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking, including information that becomes available outside of the Department’s initial or periodic retraining schedule, to the extent relevant to their official duties and consistent with applicable information and privacy laws.
The training referred to in subsection (a) may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities, and shall include—
methods for identifying suspected victims of human trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetrators of human trafficking;
for appropriate personnel, methods to approach a suspected victim of human trafficking, where appropriate, in a manner that is sensitive to the suspected victim and is not likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking;
training that is most appropriate for a particular location or environment in which the personnel receiving such training perform their official duties;
other topics determined by the Secretary to be appropriate; and
a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the training.
The Secretary shall annually reassess the training program established under subsection (a) to ensure it is consistent with current techniques, patterns, and trends associated with human trafficking.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 114–22, title IX, § 902, May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 265.)
- 2015Enacted · Pub. L. 114-22 · 129 Stat. 265
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