Crowd gatherings have lately become a common target of a number of crimes, noticeably – bombings that claimed many lives and injured the rest. Large scale events are the soft spot for abusers of law due to the massive crowd gathering in attendance. 

Recently, the U.S. Open Championship commenced on the 8th of June, 2017 at Erin Hills. The security measures were increased as part of protecting the event from any criminal offenses that could possibly take place.  Preparation for securing the event began months ago, where officials were trained to handle crimes that are typically expected at large crowd gatherings like public intoxication involving either the use of alcohol or drugs. The local, state and federal law enforcements have been training themselves for years to keep fans safe during such large scale events.

However, one of the Milwaukee’s groups is determined to fight a different kind of crime at the event, relatively much gruesome – human trafficking. According to Jarrett Luckett, the executive director of Exploit No More said that “Human trafficking is largely noticed taking place at sporting events. Men hailing from different places come visit these events, away from their families. Men are the key element behind human trafficking taking place at such event.”

‘Exploit No More’ is an organization that raises awareness of human trafficking and how such events of sports act as a big attraction for abusers in order to curb the issue.

About 1,200 people are hired for handling security directions of law enforcement officials for which they have strictly been trained. One of these trainees said, “You really have to be in the zone. You cannot be thinking of anything other than the event security.”

Besides tightening of security measures, especially targeting the human trafficking issue, law enforcement officials also state that the people themselves need to be cognizant too of their surroundings. Law Enforcement can help you up to an extent. Being a responsible citizen and visitor, it is the responsibility of every person to be cognizant of the activities taking place in their surroundings and report to any suspicious activity they notice.

Law Enforcement bodies are responsible for preventing gun crime, human trafficking and similar events wherever they are likely to take place, such as large scale sports events or concerts. Therefore, a little help on the hand can help better analyze the situation and patterns of crime to block all possible entry points for such offenders.

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