Snohomish County Receives Funds to Fight Child Prostitution

August 31, 2011

Edmonds Patch – The Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office will receive a $449,908 U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing (COPS) grant to address child sex trafficking.

The county is one of 20 law enforcement organizations around the country being awarded federal funding through the COPS program. The Child Sexual Predator Program grants total more than $9.3 million. Funds are intended to help local law enforcement locate, arrest and prosecute child sexual predators and enforce state sex offender registration laws.

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, who lives in Edmonds, is a supporter of the COPS program.

“This investment will help law enforcement keep Snohomish County families safe and put child predators behind bars,” Cantwell said in a statement.

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