Horry County, SC
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 | ✓ |
Horry County is a county along the northeast coast of South Carolina, approximately 100 miles north of Charleston. It has approximately 269,000 residents, with its population concentrated around the cities of Conway and Myrtle Beach. In recent years, growing community complaints of solicitation have led the Horry County Police Department to adopt new strategies in an effort to combat consumer demand. These have included street-level and web-based reverse stings, the publication of arrestees’ names, and the imposition of “SOAP” orders restricting offenders from entering designated parts of the county.
Key Sources
- National Assessment Survey and Interview
- Street-Level Reverse Stings:
- “Police Arrest Dozens in Sting Operation”, Myrtle Beach Sun News, October 20 1998.
- “County Arrests 16”, Horry Independent, June 17 1999.
- https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/crime/article (2019)
- https://wpde.com/news/local/sled-arrests-9-people-on-prostitution-charges (2019)
- https://www.wmbfnews.com/sled-agents-arrest-nine-prostitution-horry-county/ (2019)
- Web-Based Reverse Stings and Shaming:
- “Myrtle Beach Man Arrested in Craigslist Internet Predator Sting”, WPDE-TV 5, March 13 2012.
- “15 Charged in Horry County Prostitution Sweep”, CBS/WBTW-TV 13, July 2 2014.
- “Horry County Police Charge 17 Men with Prostitution”, The State (Columbia, S.C.), July 3 2014.
- http://www.kplctv.com/story/29849716/19-people-arrested-in-horry-county-online-prostitution-sting (2015)
- Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Ten Arrested in Parlor Raids”, Myrtle Beach Sun News, October 17 1998.
- “Briefly/Local, State”, Myrtle Beach Sun News, March 20 1999.
- “Council Passes Tougher Laws”, Myrtle Beach Sun News, April 18 2001.
- “Six Arrested in Connection with Myrtle Beach Prostitution Ring”, NBC/WIS-TV 10, October 17 2002.
- “Horry County Officer Resigns After Arrest for Soliciting Prostitution”, NBC/WIS-TV 10, February 2 2007.
- “6 Busted in Horry County for Prostitution”, NBC/WMBF-TV 32, September 10 2008.
- “6 Arrested in NMB Prostitution Sting”, NBC/WMBF-TV 32, October 5 2009.
- “Investigation: Sex for Sale?”, NBC/WMBF-TV 32, May 5 2010.
- “Undercover Operation at Gentleman’s Clubs Yields 9 Arrests”, NBC/WMBF-TV 32, July 22 2011.
- “Look Inside Prostitution Stings in Horry Co.”, NBC/WMBF-TV 32, July 30 2012.
- https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/20-people-arrested-in-two-undercover-prostitution-stings (2019)
State | South Carolina |
Type | County |
Population | 249711 |
Location |
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