Former Oregon House Speaker and current Clackamas Community College board member Dave Hunt was cited by Portland police in an undercover sex traffic sting operation in April.
As a legislator, Hunt was one of numerous sponsors of a bill criminalizing sex trafficking in 2007.
The Portland Police Bureau issued a press release on Saturday saying its Human Trafficking Unit had cited eight men in an operation conducted in April.
Officers posted online decoy ads on known human trafficking websites, and the subjects who "Contacted undercover police officers to arrange payment for sexual acts" were criminally cited on the charge of commercial sexual solicitation.
A Democrat, Hunt served as state representative for District 40 of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Clackamas County from 2003 to 2013.
According to the police bureau, the Human Trafficking Unit is one of its oldest units.
It added two additional detectives along with an additional sergeant and four officers in 2020, giving it the investigative capacity to follow up on felony-level Measure 11 crimes while simultaneously conducting rescue missions for victims of trafficking and affecting the demand side of trafficking by conducting periodic buyer suppression missions.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Former Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt cited in sex trafficking sting
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