raeanna74

Or is it the other way around?? The prostitutes may feel more comfortable around people who are afraid to call the cops down on themselves so obviously won't call the cops on a prostitute.

I don't think these things are laid out fairly. I still have to laugh at the stupidity of these guys who are so desperate as to pick up a prostitute they've never heard of before. I'm always a little surprised that the cops can get away with it in these areas. I've heard that some prostitutes are territorial and if the guys aren't aware that this woman is a cop then why would another prostitute not be willing to approach her and challege her?

If this were a real crime I would consider the women or their pimps (especially those that control the women) are the criminals. I'd rather get rid of those men who control more than one hooker and make their lives a hole they can never escape from. I suspect that legalization of prostitution would entail regulation of "employee" rights and these women would be treated better and it would be easier for them to make a choice to do ANYTHING else besides sell themselves.

I agree the cops have many other choices for hunting down crime. I think this is just an easy catch (only takes a couple days probably to catch a guy who falls for it) and it probably boosts their moral a little. Their presence and the show of an arrest in a high crime neighborhood may cut down on the crime present for the time the cops are there and a few days afterwards I imagine. I know if I was up to no good and the cops were active in my neighborhood I would be laying low the while that they were there and for a while afterwards. Maybe this is part of their thinking when they do these kind of stings.

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