San Jose Massage Parlors: Alameda County DA unveils anti-human trafficking effort
coordinated H.E.A.T. response. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office H.E.A.T. Unit will continue its leadership role of providing training, education, and sensitization of local, regional and national law enforcement. H.E.A.T. Watch facilitates interagency sharing of information as well as coordination of enforcement operations.
In the fight to combat trafficking in Alameda County, Deputy District Attorney Sharmin Bock, head of the District Attorney’s Office H.E.A.T. Unit, works closely with the Oakland Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, Fremont Police Department, BART, and other local, state, and federal law enforcement partners. Bock provides hands on training and case-by-case assistance with complex cases and also multi-jurisdictional cases crossing city, county, and state lines. As a nationally recognized human trafficking expert, Bock trains and advises state and federal law enforcement agencies across the country and Hawaii. Her guidance resulted in the first ever closure of a massage parlor on the island of Oahu.