TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING PROVIDES TRAINING DVDS,


INCLUDING KEVIN KIMMEL — HAVE BEEN REGISTERED AS “TAT TRAINED.”


major corporations, law enforcement agencies, trucking schools, and other groups. Truckers Against Trafficking provides


training DVDs, informational wallet cards, posters, and other materials at no cost to carriers, truck stops, and other industry


organizations. To date, more than 166,000 trucking industry employees — including Kevin Kimmel — have been registered as “TAT trained.” Human trafficking has long been a major concern within the trucking industry, said


POSTERS, AND OTHER MATERIALS AT NO COST… TO DATE, MORE THAN 166,000 TRUCKING INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES —


INFORMATIONAL WALLET CARDS,


Larry Johnson, director of the Nebraska Trucking Association, and Truckers Against Trafficking provides a way to be part of the solution. “It’s a very worthwhile project to try to


train as many drivers as we can and help support the organization,” he said. Te Nebraska Trucking Association


cohosted a summit in Sioux City late last year that brought together members from the trucking industry, law enforcement, and human services agencies in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota to learn about the issue of human trafficking and talk about ways the trucking industry can get involved with fighting it. “We’re trying to, in a Nebraska-based


effort, to bring our folks together — everybody from the health and human services agencies, the attorney general’s office, the carrier enforcement division of the state patrol, and all our 13,500 trucking companies in this state,” Johnson said. One of the most enthusiastic supporters is Darryl Partner, coordinator of the


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