Los Angeles

City Council

February 17, 2026 Item #48

Agenda Item 48

(48)\n25-1328\nPUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a\nreport on the activities of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD)\nHuman Trafficking Task Forces in Operations of the South and Valley\nBureaus over the past five years, including annual arrests and the\nnumber of trafficked individuals rescued.\nRecommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Padilla -\nLee):\nINSTRUCT the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to report with\na status update and an overview of the work done by the Operations\n– South Bureau and Operations – Valley Bureau Human Trafficking\nTask Forces over the last five years, including the number of arrests\nmade annually and the number of rescues of trafficked individuals\nmade by the department.\nFiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Adminstrative Officer nor\nthe Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this\nreport.