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Rules of engagement
Prior to launching, SOSA builds relationships with the county DA and ICAC department in order to ensure our team understands and follows the requirements and rules of engagement for prosecution.
What We Do / Undercover Operations
Undercover operations, run with law enforcement
SOSA creates believable decoys, communicates with adults contacting minors, and provides your team with organized, court-ready evidence — following your rules of engagement from the first day of the operation.
Undercover operations
Operations run in your county, with your task force
SOSA partners with ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) teams and District Attorney's offices across the U.S. to conduct undercover operations in their counties in order to identify and apprehend highly sophisticated perpetrators of child abuse and trafficking.
What sets us apart
SOSA is not a vigilante group. We don't “expose” suspects online. We don't work any cases without law enforcement approval.
We do strictly follow rules of engagement, understand standards for prosecution, and collect and organize every single piece of evidence.
95%
conviction rate to date, for all adjudicated cases
From the prosecution
What it looks like at trial
“When I received the compiled evidence, I was impressed at the way it was collated and organized, and that it was complete and in user-friendly formats.”
“This aspect takes a back seat, however, to the perspective and expertise that Ms. Powell provides when she is called to testify. She has been a consummate professional, and presented well under both direct and cross examination before our judges.”
Legal efficacy
Our field work is structured around your prosecutor’s guidelines to ensure each case is developed in a way that supports successful prosecution.
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Airtight evidence
We log and upload all evidence gathered within four hours of a message being sent and received. Law enforcement is given access to those decks so they can keep up with the conversation in real time.
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Testifying at trial
SOSA’s founder, Roo Powell, is present for each operation and can testify firsthand in court, including on both direct and cross-examination. She has testified at preliminary hearings, blind pleas, bench trials, sentencings, and jury trials. Every case in which she has testified has ultimately resulted in a conviction.
How it works
From the first meeting with your team through the arrest, five stages — each one run in collaboration with your department and your DA's office.
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We plan the operation with your team
We meet with your team to understand your county’s unique needs, share our evidence collection process with your DA’s office, and collaborate on a plan for how we will work together.
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We build believable decoy accounts
In advance of the op, our team creates decoy social media accounts online and builds them out to be believable.
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We travel to your county
Using our nonprofit funding, we rent a house in your county and travel our team there for the length of our undercover operation. We transform the house’s bedrooms to look like realistic teen rooms.
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We collect and organize the evidence
We collect every single piece of evidence — messages, images, phone calls, and video calls — regarding perpetrators who break the law with one of our decoys.
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You make the arrest
Once you are satisfied with the charges, we collaborate to schedule a meet so you can safely arrest the perpetrator.
See our work in action
SOSA Undercover, our docuseries on YouTube, follows our team as we work these cases.
Some of our operations
Results are announced by the agencies we partner with, not by us. These are their releases.
Shreveport, LA · Oct 2025
SPD and SOSA partner on covert operation targeting online child predators
Shreveport Police Department · PDF
Shreveport, LA · Mar 2025
Vice division announces undercover operation results
Shreveport Police Department · PDF
Canadian County, OK · 2024
Sheriff’s office announces results of a joint undercover operation
Canadian County Sheriff’s Office
All coverage and press releases
“I highly recommend the SOSA team. The quality and thoroughness of the evidence they provided was exceptional, and their professionalism made them incredibly easy to work with throughout the investigation.
What stood out most was their tenacity and genuine passion for protecting children from online predators. Their team is relentless in identifying and pursuing those who seek to exploit children, and that determination was evident throughout every aspect of their work.
SOSA Undercover is an outstanding team, and I would not hesitate to work with them again or recommend them to other law enforcement agencies.”
“Partnering with SOSA represents a significant operational advancement for our chat based investigations. The meticulous tradecraft they invest into persona backgrounds and physically staged environments is remarkable. SOSA consistently delivers specialized investigative capabilities and outcomes that conventional units and standard agency budgets simply cannot replicate.”
ICAC training
Training for law enforcement
Roo presents at ICAC conferences and law enforcement departments, offering thorough training on how to conduct successful operations and how to create effective undercover accounts.
“I've been through many trainings on building a believable UC account. This was by far the best.”
About SOSA's founder
Roo Powell
A law enforcement consultant and subject matter expert, Roo travels regularly to conduct undercover operations and train law enforcement, as well as advocate for more effective legislation and educate parents and communities about keeping their kids safe online.
Contact us about a partnership
Are you interested in talking with a member of SOSA's team about a potential undercover operation? Email info@sosatogether.org.
Only active ICAC and prosecutors, please.
roo@sosatogether.org
Roo Powell, Founder & CEO
jordan@sosatogether.org
Jordan Pérez, Director of Communications
References
Austin Murrey
Assistant District Attorney
Major Adam Flowers
Canadian County Sheriff’s Office
Detective Jennifer Wing
ICAC, TFO FBI Violent Crimes Against Children
Contact details and more references available on request.