Please join us on September 5th for Part 2 as Cst. Dussault and Lambia Karitsiotis share their experiences on Human Trafficking files and how you can make a difference. Sheila Tallon and Lambia Karitsiotis currently Co-Chair the Human Trafficking Task Force for Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry and Akwesasne.
Patrick “Pat” Dussault is an OPP officer with over 30 year of service. He began his policing career in 1988 in Mississauga and was transferred to Lancaster 1991. He’s always worked front line and his true passion has always been with the Highway Safety Division. Cst. Dussault developed an expertise in Collision Reconstruction from 1995 – 2007. In 2008, he turned his attention to proactively reinforcing our highways with an effort to address human trafficking and human smuggling.
Lambia Karitsiotis, Director of Training Information, Global Resource Epicentre Against Trafficking is a graduate of the University of Ottawa with a double major in Criminology and Sociology. While completing her studies, she was involved in assisting federally incarcerated lifers and long term offenders with respect to access to programming and community services. Following her post-secondary studies, Ms. Karitsiotis began her career with community corrections, where she has been supervising adult offenders for over 14 years. Additionally, Ms. Karitsiotis has been assisting directly with community policing initiatives for over the past 12 years, and is a Certified Trauma Educator focusing on Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma and other Occupational Stress Injuries, having trained numerous members of law enforcement, school boards, hospitals and victim service providers. She is also trained and certified in Early Field Traumatology as well as Critical Incident and Stress Management, and is a Peer Member on the CISM team. Through her involvement in community mobilization, Ms. Karitsiotis has focused on human trafficking training for law enforcement, schools and other government agencies.