Burnsville, MN
Categories:
Tactics Used |
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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 | ✓ |
Burnsville is a city of approximately 60,000 residents, located just south of Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. To reduce prostitution activity in the city, the Burnsville Police Department has conducted web-based and street-level reverse stings since 2007. Reverse stings are conducted on 3-4 times per year, according to BPD representatives interviewed for the National Assessment Survey.
The city also uses surveillance cameras and neighborhood watch programs. A public education and awareness campaign is also in effect to support prostituted women who want to exit commercial sex. Johns arrested during anti-prostitution operations may face shaming (e.g., having their identities revealed to the public), vehicle seizure, geographic restrictions (or SOAP orders) and mandatory community service.
Key Partners
- Burnsville Police Department
Key Sources
- National Assessment Survey and Interview
- Web-Based Reverse Stings:
- Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “Teen Charged with Recruiting Girls into Prostitution”, NBC/KARE-TV 11, July 12 2007.
- “South Metro; Burnsville Teen Admits Running Prostitution Ring”, St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 13 2007.
- “Dakota County; Woman, 19, Sentenced for Sex Ring”, St. Paul Pioneer Press, January 9 2008.
- “Burnsville Police Crack Down on Online-Driven Prostitution”, St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 9 2010.
- “Burnsville Man Charged with Prostituting, Assaulting Pregnant Woman”, Burnsville Patch, January 19 2012.
- “Burnsville Man Convicted of Using Minors in Sex Trafficking Ring”, Burnsville Patch, October 26 2012.
- “Burnsville Man Convicted of Pimping Pregnant Woman Now Accused of Soliciting Junior High Girls”, Burnsville Patch, February 11 2013.
- “Regional Briefing”, St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 13 2013.
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
State | Minnesota |
Type | City |
Population | 59118 |
Location |
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