Share and speak up for justice, law & order... Florida law enforcement conducted an undercover operation from July 27th through August 1st, 2021, during which detectives posed as juveniles on social media platforms, mobile apps, and online dating sites to investigate those who prey upon and travel to meet children for unlawful sexual activity. Participating agencies included the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, Auburndale Police Department, Orlando Police Department, Winter Haven Police Department, and Orange County Sheriff’s Office. In what they called “Operation Child Protector,” the suspects communicated with and solicited who they thought were children between the ages of 13 and 14 for sexual acts. The suspects showed up to an undercover location in Polk County at separate times to meet who they thought were children, to sexually batter them. Some of them transmitted pornographic images while grooming and soliciting the children online, and they were appropriately charged for that as well.