Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody is enlisting the help of the largest private-sector employer in Sarasota County, PGT Innovations, a company with its own team of CDL-certified truck drivers, to help in the fight against human trafficking.
As part of the Highway Heroes program, CDL license holders with PGT Innovations will receive anti-human trafficking training. The Highway Heroes program is a multifaceted outreach campaign that provides specialized training, awareness materials, and a website with resources to help truck drivers identify victims and report suspected human trafficking.
“I am thrilled to announce the expansion of our Highway Heroes campaign,” Moody said. “Providing anti-human trafficking materials and training to the PGT Innovations team brings us one step closer to our goal of ensuring every CDL holder in Florida knows the signs and ways to report human trafficking. I am so grateful to everyone at PGT for signing onto this noble cause and helping our state in the fight to end this horrific crime.”
PGT Innovations makes premium windows and doors and has four manufacturing locations in Florida, employing more than 4,000 people. The company also employs its own team of truck drivers, and through the Highway Heroes campaign, the company has promised to train 100 percent of its drivers in their fleet.
“We’re honored to partner with Attorney General Moody’s office in support of their Highway Heroes program,” PGT Innovations President and CEO Jeff Jackson said. “Our PGT Innovations fleet is one of the largest in Florida, and our drivers travel over 1.8 million miles per year across the entire state to deliver our products. The Highway Heroes training will provide invaluable skills for our drivers to identify and report the signs of human trafficking. In addition, we will be including this training as part of our new hire orientation for all new employees joining our PGTI family. Our team members are incredibly proud to do our part to combat these terrible crimes and save lives.”