CPD's Special Enforcement Team's Human Trafficking Operation Nets 6 Arrests

January 25, 2023: The Clovis Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) arrested 6 male suspects over the weekend as part of an on-going investigation during an undercover operation at a Clovis hotel.

As part of our on-going human trafficking enforcement, SET detectives pose as girls on social media and are targeted by male suspects constantly.

On Friday evening into Saturday morning, SET detectives assisted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Fresno County’s

Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC), arrested 6 suspects who thought they were coming to the hotel to meet a girl they were targeting for human trafficking.

Once at the hotel, each of the suspects were taken into custody without incident.

Those 6 suspects have been identified as 42-year-old Allen Brooks, 31-year-old Darnell Banks, 28-year-old Jaques Polk, 28-year-old Ralph Jones, 27-year-old Devontae Mitchell, and 26-year-old Emari Johnson, all of Fresno.

All suspects were booked into Fresno County Jail for felony charges related to