James L. Not only have the solicitations of prostitutes themselves become a problem, innocent women are being propositioned by men seeking sex, he said.
Your wife or mine could be going in or out of a store and get approached. The community is very upset. To combat the problem, police officials said they have formed a special task force, similar to one that rid the city of the problem last year. Bill Scheer said. The latest effort is led by Lts.
Greg Cooper and Jim Davis. PIP included an agreement that if police did their homework and chronicled dates of observations, field interviews and photographs of individual women actively soliciting sex for money, prosecutors would ask for higher bail and tougher sentences.
The latest effort includes an agreement similar to PIP, Scheer said, while also using decoys--female officers positioned on the boulevard to attract roving clients.
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