Bryan, TX
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Reverse stings | ✓ |
Shaming | ✓ |
Auto seizure | ✓ |
Community service | ✓ |
Public education | ✓ |
Neighborhood action | ✓ |
SOAP orders | ✓ |
John school | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Web stings | ✓ |
License suspension | ✓ |
Bryan is a city of 86,539 residents in southeastern Texas’ Brazos County, near College Station. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of Brazos County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market are sex trafficking, child endangerment, and violence committed against people involved in these transactions.
Consumer-level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and has therefore been targeted by local law enforcement agencies in their strategy for prevention and response. Since at least 2003, the Bryan Police Department has conducted periodic street-level reverse stings using female undercover officers, to combat the array of problems stemming from commercial sex. Those arrested have at times also been charged with drug possession. The names, ages, and other details about the sex buyers arrested are reported to the media. Complaints about prostitution in the area contribute to police conducting undercover operations.
In April 2018, six men were arrested during a web-based prostitution sting using decoy ads on Backpage.com, and arranged meetings with sex buyers at a local hotel. Officers posted ads afternoon on a website called Backpage that’s commonly used by people seeking to engage in sexual acts for a fee. The men were taken into custody after agreeing on a price and showing up at the hotel. A sergeant with the operation told reporters that undercover investigators were communicating with 25 to 30 men, and that the majority of those men had been identified. The Backpage website was shutdown by the federal government during the operation. Bryan Police representatives said they thought they could have made about 20 arrests if the site was still live. All of the six men arrested were soon released from jail on bond. The sting was a targeted effort on behalf of the department’s Directed Deployment Team, which investigates vice crimes like prostitution.
Key Partners
- Bryan Police Department
Key Sources
- Street-Level Reverse Stings, Shaming:
- “Nine Men Arrested on Solicitation Charges,” Bryan Eagle, November 9 2003.
- “Prostitution Sting Snares 3,” Bryan Eagle, November 17 2004.
- “Prostitution Sting Nets 10 Arrests,” Bryan Eagle, December 4 2005.
- “11 Arrested in Bryan Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, February 27 2006.
- “Prostitution Sting Snags 14 in Bryan,” Bryan Eagle, July 9 2006.
- “Prostitution Sting Leads to 20 Arrests,” Bryan Eagle, July 10 2006.
- “7 Caught in Bryan Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, May 6 2007.
- “Prostitution Sting Nets 13 in Bryan,” Bryan Eagle, September 2 2007.
- “Prostitution Sting Nets Six in Bryan,” Bryan Eagle, January 27 2008.
- “Forget about ‘Pretty Woman,'” Bryan Eagle, February 3 2008.
- “12 Arrested in Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, July 13 2009.
- Web-Based Reverse Stings, Shaming:
- http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Several-men-arrested-in-area-prostitution-sting-479050273.html (April 2018)
- http://wtaw.com/2018/04/08/bryan-police-arrest-six-men-prostitution-charges/ (April 2018)
- http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Four-men-arrested-in-Bryan-PD-undercover-prostitution-sting (September, 2018)
- Background on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the Area:
- “3 Women Face Prostitution Charges,” Bryan Eagle, May 26 2002.
- “Operation Lover Boy Results in Arrest of 3 Bryan Residents,” Bryan Eagle, October 3 2003.
- “Bryan Police Department Arrests Woman on Prostitution Charges,” Bryan Eagle, September 28 2004.
- “Prostitution Sting in Bryan Nets 5 Arrests,” Bryan Eagle, October 19 2004.
- “Four Arrested in Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, November 25 2004.
- “Prostitution Kingpin Nabbed in Joint Effort,” Bryan Eagle, December 5 2004.
- “Eleven in Bryan Face Prostitution Charges,” Bryan Eagle, November 13 2005.
- “Bryan Police Net Two in Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, January 28 2006.
- “Undercover Sting Nets Two Bryan Women,” Bryan Eagle, April 18 2006.
- “Two Women Arrested in Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, November 5 2006.
- “Five Women Charged with Prostitution,” Bryan Eagle, January 25 2007.
- “Police Arrest Two in Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, February 17 2007.
- “Bryan Police Arrest Six in Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, April 14 2007.
- “Prostitution Sting Nets Eight Arrests,” Bryan Eagle, June 3 2007.
- “7 Arrested in Bryan Prostitution Sting,” Bryan Eagle, June 15 2008.
- “War on Prostitution Never Ends,” Bryan Eagle, August 24 2008.
- “28-Year-Old Charged with Prostitution,” Bryan Eagle, October 15 2008.
- “Two Women Held on Prostitution Charges,” Bryan Eagle, July 12 2009.
- “Two Women Jailed on Prostitution Charges,” Bryan Eagle, January 22 2012.
- “18-Year-Old Amarillo Woman Charged with Prostitution in Bryan,” Bryan Eagle, December 20 2014.
- https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Man-get-10-years-in-prison-for-pressuring-woman-into-prostitution (2019)
- Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Bryan Woman Arrested after Admitting to Assault,” Bryan Eagle, September 11 2006.
- “Suspect Arrested in Woman’s Death,” Bryan Eagle, January 27 2010.
- “Prosecutors Press Case in Peck Murder Trial,” Bryan Eagle, July 14 2011.
State | Texas |
Type | City |
Population | 86539 |
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