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IS-1151: Blue Campaign Disaster Responder Training

Course Date

11/17/2021

Course Overview

In this 6-minute video for disaster response personnel you will learn how to recognize, and report suspected human trafficking. As someone trained in disaster response, you are in a unique position to spot potential instances of human trafficking. Human traffickers have their guard down during these times and suspicious activity may become more apparent.

Course Objectives:

Identify what human trafficking is.
Identify the indicators of human trafficking.
Identify how disaster response personnel can respond to suspected victims of human trafficking.

Prerequisites

None

CEUs:

Course Length:

0.3 hours

Take This Course

Interactive Web Based Course

Final Exam

Take Final Exam Online

Notices

Test questions are scrambled to protect test integrity