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San Diego County Leaders in the lobby of One Safe Place cutting a white ribbon to celebrate the North County family justice center opening

GALLERY: One Safe Place, a New Family Justice Center, Will Support Crime Victims in North County

| 4:12 PM

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The District Attorney, County leaders, health professionals and law enforcement celebrated the upcoming opening of One Safe Place in San Marcos. One Safe Place is a family justice center created to support victims of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking, and violent loss in northern San Diego County. The new center will open its doors to the public on July 5.

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A photo of the Veterans Treatment Courtroom in San Diego

Public Defender, Probation Celebrate 10 Years of Veterans Treatment Court

| 7:56 AM

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This month the San Diego County Office of the Public Defender and Probation Department have been celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the local Veterans Treatment Court, a program that has helped more than 140 veterans and active-duty service members get specialized treatment instead of time in jail.

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A teenage actor grabs a teenage actress' wrist in a threatening manner while practicing a scene from a play about human trafficking. Credit: Kimberly King Media Photographer Jake Allard

Students, Law Enforcement Stage Play to Warn of Human Trafficking

| 3:01 PM

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It starts with a seemingly random text message from a teenage boy to a teenage girl.

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County, Non-profit Partner on Anti-Sex Trafficking Campaign

| 1:20 PM

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A new awareness campaign that shines light on methods sex traffickers use to recruit victims launched this week in San Diego County. The County’s District Attorney’s Office and Child Welfare Services are partnering with the anti-human trafficking organization, Abolitionist Mom, to help promote the public service ads. They will appear on billboards, poster boards, transit shelter displays and in radio public service announcements beginning this week as part of an education effort called Disrupt Sex Trafficking.