Nonprofit aims to protect children from predators

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WVTM 13 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT FIVE. I’M JARVIS ROBERTSON IN FOR GUY RAWLINGS. AND I’M SHERI FALCON. WE BEGIN IN NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY TONIGHT, WHERE A NONPROFIT GROUP IS WORKING TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HERE AT HOME AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IT’S A STORY YOU’LL ONLY SEE HERE ON WVTM 13 AND LISA CRANE. JOINING US NOW FROM FULTONDALE. LISA, HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS THEIR OPERATION BEEN SO FAR? WELL, PRETTY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR. THE THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM TELLS ME THEY HAVEN’T REALLY KEPT STATS, BUT AS FAR AS HE KNOWS, EVERY SINGLE ARREST THEY’VE ASSISTED IN HAS RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION. NOW, THE GOAL FOR THIS GROUP, IT’S CALLED COVENANT RESCUE GROUP, IS TO ACTUALLY PREVENT THESE CRIMES FROM HAPPENING. AND SO THEY ASSIST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH SETTING UP STING OPERATIONS, THEN TEACHING THEM HOW TO ACTUALLY FIND THESE PREDATORS, BUILD CASES AGAINST THEM SO THAT THEY CAN FINALLY BE PROSECUTED AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE OFF THE STREETS. THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING TO A CHILD RIGHT NOW. JARED HUDSON IS ON A MISSION. AND THAT’S WHAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING. THAT’S WHAT THESE SICKOS, THESE SEX PREDATORS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, PEOPLE THAT EXPLOIT CHILDREN, THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR KIDS FROM YOU, BUT NOT IF HE CAN HELP IT. HUDSON SAYS HE FELT LED TO TRY TO PUT A DENT IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING RIGHT HERE AT HOME. HE SAYS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, CHILDREN MIGHT BE KIDNAPED AND SOLD INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY. BUT HERE IN THE US, TYPICALLY THE THREAT TO CHILDREN IS CLOSER TO HOME. WHAT IS SEEN IS A MOTHER, AN AUNT, AN UNCLE, A FATHER. THEIR CELL IN THEIR OWN KIDS, WHETHER IT’S FOR DRUGS, WHAT THEY WILL SELL THEIR KIDS, THEY WILL ABUSE THEIR KIDS. BUT THE NONPROFIT HE STARTED AIMS TO STOP IT. THIS IS VIDEO FROM SOME OF THE DOZENS OF OPERATIONS COVENANT RESCUE GROUP HAS BEEN A PART OF. HE AND HIS TEAM TRAVELED THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, PROVIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH THE KNOW HOW TO DRAW SEXUAL PREDATORS OUT INTO THE OPEN. HE DID THAT RECENTLY IN FULTONDALE. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH THE TRAINING TO CONDUCT A PROPER CHILD EXPLOITATION. STING THAT’S CHATTER DECOY INTERVIEW THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. WE CONDUCTED THAT TRAINING FOR THEM AND THEN WE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION WITH THEM WHERE WE ACTED AS ADVISORS. THAT OPERATION NETTED 15 ARRESTS AND HUDSON SAYS THE PEOPLE THEY SNARE TYPICALLY HAVE OFFENDED BEFORE. HE SAYS ONCE THE ARRESTS BECOME PUBLIC, HE OFTEN GETS CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WERE THE VICTIM OF THE SAME PERSON YEARS BEFORE. SHE REACHED OUT ANONYMOUSLY AND SAID THIS GUY HAS DONE THIS. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS OUR THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE. THIS IS OUR HOME AND IT’S HAPPENING. COVENANT RESCUE GROUP ALSO GIVES LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THE TOOLS THEY’LL NEED TO CARRY OUT THESE STING OPERATIONS LIKE BURNER PHONES AND SECURITY CAMERAS. AND THEY DO IT ALL F

Former Navy seal, Jared Hudson, says this is his mission

In North Jefferson County, a nonprofit group is working to provide law enforcement agencies here at home and nationwide with the tools they need to fight human trafficking. And they’ve been pretty successful. The goal for Covenant Rescue Group is to prevent these crimes, so they assist local law enforcement with setting up sting operations, teaching them how to find these predators and building tight cases that can ensure those who target our kids end up behind bars.This is a story you’ll only see on WVTM13.The man who started Covenant Rescue Group, Jared Hudson, is on a mission.The former Navy Seal said, “That's what these guys are doing. That's what these sickos, these sex predators, whatever you want to call them, people that exploit children. They're trying to take your kids from you.”But not if Hudson can help it. He says he felt led to try to put a dent in human trafficking right here at home. Hudson says in other countries, children might be kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. But here in the U.S., typically, the threat to children in closer to home.According to Hudson, “What is seen is a mother, an aunt on uncle, a father, they're selling their own kids, whether it's for drugs or something they will sell their kids, they will abuse their kids.” But the nonprofit he started aims to stop it. In a video from some of the dozens of operations Covenant Rescue Group has been a part of, you can see he and his team have traveled the state and the country, providing law enforcement agencies with the knowledge to draw sexual predators out into the open. He did that recently in Fultondale.Hudson said, “We provided them with the training to conduct a proper child exploitation sting. That's chatter, decoy, interview, the whole nine yards. We conducted that training for them and then we conducted an operation with them where we acted as advisors.” That operation netted 15 arrests. And Hudson says the people they snare typically have offended before. He says once the arrests become public, he often gets calls from people who say they were victimized by one of the perpetrators. Hudson said, “She reached out anonymously and said, this guy has done this. So, I mean, this is where we live. This is our home and it's happening.” Covenant Rescue Group also gives local law enforcement the tools they'll need, like burner phones and security cameras. And they do it all for free.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. —

This is a story you’ll only see on WVTM13.

The man who started Covenant Rescue Group, Jared Hudson, is on a mission.

The former Navy Seal said, “That's what these guys are doing. That's what these sickos, these sex predators, whatever you want to call them, people that exploit children. They're trying to take your kids from you.”

But not if Hudson can help it. He says he felt led to try to put a dent in human trafficking right here at home. Hudson says in other countries, children might be kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. But here in the U.S., typically, the threat to children in closer to home.

According to Hudson, “What is seen is a mother, an aunt on uncle, a father, they're selling their own kids, whether it's for drugs or something they will sell their kids, they will abuse their kids.”

But the nonprofit he started aims to stop it. In a video from some of the dozens of operations Covenant Rescue Group has been a part of, you can see he and his team have traveled the state and the country, providing law enforcement agencies with the knowledge to draw sexual predators out into the open. He did that recently in Fultondale.

Hudson said, “We provided them with the training to conduct a proper child exploitation sting. That's chatter, decoy, interview, the whole nine yards. We conducted that training for them and then we conducted an operation with them where we acted as advisors.”

That operation netted 15 arrests. And Hudson says the people they snare typically have offended before. He says once the arrests become public, he often gets calls from people who say they were victimized by one of the perpetrators.

Hudson said, “She reached out anonymously and said, this guy has done this. So, I mean, this is where we live. This is our home and it's happening.”

Covenant Rescue Group also gives local law enforcement the tools they'll need, like burner phones and security cameras. And they do it all for free.

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