Our guest this week is Heidi Chance! Heidi has recently retired from Phoenix Police Department after 25 years of service.  Prior to retiring, she was a Detective in the H.E.A.T (Human Exploitation and Trafficking) Unit for 13 years. Detective Chance worked with the HEAT unit in identifying and rescuing juveniles and adults who are victims of sex trafficking. 

She has extensive training in forensic interviews of children, identifying abuse and neglect, protecting children online and working with victims of sex trafficking and performing as an undercover officer. Detective Chance presents frequently for Phoenix Police Department as a subject matter expert to community groups, Department of Child Safety, probation, jail and corrections staff, hospital staff, the police academy as well as other nationally recognized conferences, such as the International Narcotics Interdiction Association, Arizona Narcotics Officers Association, Shared Hope International and Arizona Womens Initiative Network. Detective Chance developed an eight hour advanced detective training course that is featured online for AZPOST on the subject of human trafficking..

Since 2014, she often travels across the United States teaching other law enforcement agencies for the National Justice Training Center (NCJTC) of Fox Valley Technical College , Amber Alert program.  She is also featured in the Frontline PBS documentary "Sex Trafficking in America". 

She has recently begun consulting when creating Achanceforawareness.com as part of her own outreach to continue educating the public about sex trafficking awareness and to continue to train Law Enforcement about sex trafficking, educating on proactive undercover operations as well as prosecutors about sex trafficking investigations. 

Instagram: a_chance_for_awareness

LinkedIn:  Heidi Chance 

Website: Achanceforawareness.com

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