• A $1.3 million budget cut to the Orange and Osceola state attorney’s office took effect this month. It’s the latest move in a legal rift between state attorney Aramis Ayala and Florida Governor Rick Scott over the death penalty. The money was originally appropriated as special funding to combat human trafficking and domestic violence. Victims’ rights advocates are concerned.
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• The Florida Department of Corrections will soon train probation officers on how to spot and report human trafficking. The state has already been training correctional officers.
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• More support for victims of human trafficking in Orange County could be on the way. County commissioners will hear more details Tuesday about a pilot program.
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• The state attorney’s office in Orange and Osceola counties is receiving $1.4 million to crack down on human trafficking and domestic violence. 90.7’s Renata Sago has more.
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• The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police arrested 95 people during a five-day undercover prostitution operation.
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• Next year strip clubs and massage parlors in Orange County will have to post signs giving the national human trafficking hotline. County commissioners passed the ordinance Tuesday.
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• Orange County nightclubs and massage parlors may be required to post hotlines for human trafficking victims or face fines. Commissioner Pete Clarke has proposed an ordinance allowed under a new state law.
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