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The Master Connector & Olivia Pope of Crime
Sunnetta "Sunny" Slaughter, Founder and Managing Principal of Sunny Slaughter Consulting, LLC., based inside the beltway of DC, has been called the Master Connector and the Olivia Pope of Crime. She brings over 35 years of an eclectic mix of consultancy and expertise as a law enforcement instructor, litigation consultant, public health policy expert, DEI strategist, policy writer, and TV analyst as a recurring expert on The Law and Crime Network, covering the latest high-profile cases in the news and developing segments for Crime Door TV.
Sunny Slaughter is a certified federal law enforcement instructor, training coordinator, consultant, and SME formerly with the US Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. She completed several training programs, most notably the Drug Taskforce Supervisor School and Hate and Bias Crimes Course for sworn law enforcement only. Sunny is a Domestic Violence Instructor and a member of the first DHS Human Trafficking committee, which evolved into the DHS Blue Campaign. She is currently an instructor with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Seminar. She works with law enforcement agencies and departments across the US. She facilitates her signature training titled "CRIEDj" for law enforcement leaders—behind the badge and within the walls—to address the complex nuances of police culture, community, and conversations with those committed to public safety.
Sunny Slaughter is a globally recognized and highly sought-after expert focused on the most egregious and heinous crimes against persons—human trafficking and exploitation, commercial sexual abuse material, missing persons, and domestic and sexual violence. She uses "L3—a term she coined; lens, language, and law" as a litigation expert and consultant to Opine Expert Witness Reports, case review, witness preparation, research, and evaluation in public safety, public health, and public relations for national and international clients.
Sunny Slaughter has conducted training at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, served on Human Trafficking Taskforce in Alabama, Georgia, and Washington, DC, and was the keynote speaker for the New Mexico Child Advocacy Center Conference, US Attorney's Offices in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, the Governor's Office in Maryland, the Roman Catholic Archdioceses of Trinidad and Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago just to name a few. She was a consultant and trainer for the Office for Victims of Crime TTA and an expert for the US Surgeon General's Office. Sunny was the Co-chair of the National Opioid Caucus and Co-chair of the Violence as a Public Health Issue Committee for the eight states in the Southeast Region under the US Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Minority Health. She's been recognized for her work in human trafficking and had her report on the State of Health of Alabama included in the President's Daily Brief of President Obama.
Sunny Slaughter has received numerous awards and recognition, most notably; the 2020 Community Service Award from the APHA Black Caucus of Health Workers. The Power Belle Hat Award from Harry Belafonte/SCLF, the distinguished leadership and service awarded by the Magic City (AL) Chapter of the Links, International Trends and Services Facet, 2016 Global Impact from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Joint Founder's Day, and the Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015 Black Achievers Award, Regions Financial Corp. She is a fellow of Morehouse School of Medicine/Satcher Health Leadership Institute and semi-finalist in the Robert Wood Johnson, Culture of Health Leaders. She has been a national and international presenter at numerous conferences, contributor, and solo expert with published work.
Sunny Slaughter was featured in Women Leadership Magazine USA as one of DC's top 25 Women Business Leaders in 2020 and 2021. She is a TEDx Speaker, 2020 Progressive Women's Voices Alumnae of the Women's Media Center, and a 2021 Ambassador of The OpEd Project. Sunny is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the National Field Training Officer Association, and the American Public Health Association-Black Caucus of Health Workers.
She is a recurring guest on notable True Crime Podcasts, the Legal Lens with Angela Reddock-Wright at KBLA Radio, Scripps News, and TRT-Newsmakers-global. Previously, she appeared on CNN-HLN After Dark, local ABC, CBS, and FOX affiliates.
