Heidi Chance

Retired Human Trafficking Undercover Detective

Heidi Chance, is a retired law enforcement professional who served 25 years. She is a leader and consultant who equips other law enforcement and other organizations with the tools and awareness to fight for a chance for change in the realm of sex trafficking. Heidi spent over 13 years working as an undercover detective investigating buyers and traffickers and rescuing countless adult and juvenile victims of sex trafficking.

She has testified as an expert witness in court proceedings and is a subject matter expert in the area of sex trafficking. Her specialized sex trafficking training has educated professionals within community groups, child safety departments, probation, jail and corrections staff, other local law enforcement agencies, medical staff, school personnel and officers attending the Phoenix Police Academy. She has also developed an 8 hour advanced detective training course that is featured online for the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board on the subject of human trafficking.
She is a highly sought-after powerhouse speaker, consultant, and nationally recognized trainer.

Since 2014, she often travels across the United States teaching other law enforcement agencies for the National Justice Training Center (NCJTC) of Fox Valley Technical College, Amber Alert program. She is also featured in the Frontline PBS documentary "Sex Trafficking in America".

She presents on a case study that is a record in the United States. The case involved familial trafficking where the suspect trafficked his niece and stepdaughter as well as 5 other adults. The suspect took the case to trial which lasted 7 months, and he was found guilty on 101 out of 105 counts of felony charges. The judge sentenced him to 493.5 years. This case is featured on her website.

Since retiring, she created an awareness training website where she has a blog and posts about sex trafficking at Achanceforawareness.com.

She often presents to law enforcement about the following:

-Patrol Recognition and Response to Sex Trafficking
-Interviewing Adult & Child Sex Trafficking Victims
-Interrogation of Sex Trafficking Suspects
-Putting Together a Successful Case For Prosecution
-Proactive Undercover Operations Targeting SexBuyers
-Catfishing Pimps
-and several Case Study Presentations

She has presented at Shared Hope International (multiple times) Arizona Narcotics Association Conference, Phoenix Police Academy, Undercover Schools for Tempe Police Department, Scottsdale Police Department. Mesa Police Department, International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators (IAHTI), RMIN/RISS Human Trafficking Summit (multiple Times) and many others. She is an AZ Post and CA Post Instructor.

You can find her on:
LinkedIn- http://linkedin.com/in/heidi-chance-86868334

Follow her on Instagram at: a_chance_for_awareness

Her website: Achanceforawareness.com