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Children’s Justice Centers

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2018 UTAH CHILDREN’S JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

The Utah Children’s Justice Center (CJC) Program is dedicated to helping local communities respond to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective, efficient, and that minimize trauma for the child.  Administered by the Utah Attorney General, the Utah CJC Program includes 20 locations statewide.

A Children’s Justice Center (known as children’s advocacy centers in other states)  is a child-focused, facility-based program in which representatives from law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical services, and victim advocacy work together to conduct interviews and make team decisions about investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse cases.  In an average year, Utah’s CJCs conduct 4,500 interviews, handle 5,500 cases, and serve as many as 15,000 people.

The Utah CJC Program strongly believes that the combined professional wisdom and skill of the multidisciplinary team approach results in a more complete understanding of case issues and the most effective child and family focused system response possible.

The Utah CJC Program is an accredited chapter of the National Children’s Alliance.

For more information about the Children’s Justice Centers, please visit the One With Courage website.

SECURE Strike Force

SECURE Strike Force

(Statewide Enforcement of Crimes by Undocumented REsidents)

Established: 2009 Utah State Legislature

Co-sponsors: Utah House Majority Leader Brad L. Dee and State Senator Scott K. Jenkins

The Utah Attorney General’s Office administers and coordinates the SECURE Strike Force partnership with the Utah Department of Public Safety and county, federal and city law enforcement agencies to combat violent and other major felony crimes associated with illegal immigration and human trafficking.

The mission of the Utah Attorney General SECURE Strike Force is to carefully target major fraud, organized gun, drug and human trafficking, detect creation of fraudulent government identification and other documents, and prosecute these crimes with specialized investigators and resources and a dedicated Assistant Attorney General prosecutor.

The SECURE Strike Force has stopped major organized crime groups that previously operated anonymously in the community and has stemmed the flow of illegal weapons into Utah communities from Mexico. Utah communities are much safer. Undercover operations regularly conducted result in arrests and closing fraudulent document mills in Utah and human, drug and gun trafficking by undocumented aliens. The ripple effect from seizing thousands of fraudulent identification documents is directly seen in the guns and drugs seized, the organized crime leaders arrested, and in preventing the frauds that would have been committed if those several thousand fraudulent documents were allowed to hit the streets in Utah’s towns and cities. ID mills severely harm Utah’s economy. The misuse of Social Security numbers adversely affects the true owner’s credit. If a credit line is established with a fraudulent identification document, the financial institution becomes a fraud victim.

Each year, the SECURE Strike Force investigates and prosecutes hundreds of felony cases against high profile human trafficking organizations, national and international spice organizations, the illegal distribution of smuggled prescription drugs, some of the largest counterfeit CD and movie criminal enterprises in the nation, sex trafficking rings and identity fraud mills. The success of the strike force is built on a multi- agency integrative approach where several embedded agencies work with applicable local, state and federal agencies on case specifics.

SECURE Strike Force also provides training for agencies throughout the year and under the Utah Attorney General hosts UTIP (Utah Trafficking In Persons Task Force) comprised of local, state and federal law enforcement professionals, state and federal prosecutors, health and human service organizations, social service providers, the Utah Division of Workforce Services, Unified Fire and many non-profit and private resources.

The strike force is open to participation from any local, state or federal law enforcement agency.

 

Attorney General Investigators Team with Utah Sheriffs

Attorney General Sean D. Reyes Offers Support to Utah Sheriffs in Statewide Sheriffs’ Address

SALT LAKE CITY Sept. 26 2014 — Attorney General Sean Reyes met with statewide sheriffs this week at the annual Utah Sheriffs’ Association Conference in St. George. In his first annual address as attorney general, AG Reyes pledged his full support for each county’s law enforcement efforts by stating, “I want to strongly restate something I said to the police chiefs. Over the years this office has taken on a name that I do not claim. Let me be clear, I am not The Top Cop.” Although General Reyes holds the highest elected law enforcement office in the state, he continued by saying, “Each of you, as sheriff of your county, have the honor and responsibility to meet the demands of your particular citizenship.  You and the chiefs in attendance today are the Top Cops. The Utah Attorney General has many mandates and, among those, it my privilege to assist you in your daily obligations.”

General Reyes continued by saying, “Our office is here to serve you. If we can be an objective set of eyes, or as a resource enhancer, then we are doing our jobs. If we can respond when you request our help, then we are fulfilling our obligations to you and to the citizens of Utah. If we can bring prosecutorial or investigative enhancement to any of your cases, then we are accomplishing our goals. You have my commitment as the Utah Attorney General to serve you and your constituents to make our communities safe.”

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Multicultural Youth Leadership Day at the Capitol

Multicultural Youth Leadership Day at the Capitol

Every year the Utah Office of Multicultural Affairs invites your students, 6-9th grade, to attend the Multicultural Youth Leadership Day at the Capitol.

A day to empower our youth to become the leaders of tomorrow; students will learn how they can be agents of positive social change in an increasingly diverse and multicultural community. Join us as we work together to engage, support, and invest in our youth!

Stay tuned for more information regarding our 2015 Youth Leadership Day!

Phony Treasury Phone Message Scam

The Utah Division of Consumer Protection has received a number of inquiries about a new government imposter phone scam.  The call is a prerecorded message from an individual with a thick accent named “STEVE MARTIN” purporting to be with the “US TREASURY” advising consumers that they must call back to respond to pending legal action being brought against them by the Treasury Department.  This is one of many phone scams, similar to those from the IRS, jury duty, grandparent scam and others from not too long ago.

This scam call swept through Wisconsin in November 2014, Ohio, Delaware and New Jersey in October 2014 and now Utah.

Play Listen to an example of the call

Consumers that receive the call are advised to:

  • Hang up immediately and do not call back the number noted in the message.
  • Do not trust that the information on your call ID display is legitimate.
  • Never give out personal or banking information on an unsolicited call.
  • There’s no legitimate reason for someone to ask you to wire money or load a rechargeable money card as a way to pay back a debt.
  • If you still feel unsure about the call, look up the official number of the agency the caller is pretending to represent so you can get the real story.

Utah files cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court defending State Marriage Laws

Aug. 5, 2014 – The Utah Attorney General’s Office today filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court, request­ing review of Kitchen v. Herbert, the recent Tenth Circuit decision striking down Utah’s marriage laws. “My responsibility is to defend the State Constitution and its amendments as Utah citizens have enacted them,” said Attorney General Sean Reyes. “We recognize this litigation has caused uncertainty and disruption and have accordingly tried to expedite its resolution as quickly as possible by filing our petition a full month-and-a-half before its September 23rd due date. Utah welcomes a speedy grant of the petition and a Supreme Court merits decision, as all Utah citizens will benefit when the Supreme Court provides clear finality on the important issue of state authority to define marriage.”

Herbert v Kitchen Petition and Appendix