La Mesa, CA
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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 | ✓ |
La Mesa is a city of approximately 55,000 residents, located next to San Diego in southern California. Prostitution and sex trafficking of girls, is a persistent problem in the area. To deter sex buyers, the La Mesa Police Department began conducting street-level reverse stings in 1994. Operations plant an undercover female officer as a decoy, and arrest the men who solicit her for sex. To discourage johns from reoffending, police routinely release the names and identifying information of arrestees to the media.
Key Sources
- Street-Level Reverse Stings:
- “Santee Official’s Future Is Clouded by Vice Arrest,” San Diego Union, August 21 1985.
- “DA Drops Case against Santee City Councilman,” San Diego Union, September 12 1985.
- “Santee Official Is Target of Posters,” San Diego Union, September 25 1985.
- “Prostitution Is a Problem, But Is Publishing the Photos of Johns News or Punishment?,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 15 1994.
- “Get the Picture? La Mesa Plans to Publish Photos of Prostitution Solicitors,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 27 1994.
- “Prostitution Arrests Climb Despite La Mesa’s Efforts,” San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 1995.
- “Ladies Still Waiting in La Mesa; Despite ‘Johns’ Law, Hookers Are Here and There,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 29 1995.
- “Four Arrested in Prostitution Sting,” San Diego Union-Tribune, January 21 2004.
- “8 Arrested in La Mesa Prostitution Sting,” CBS/KFMB-TV 8, February 13 2007.
- “Activity Period: May 7 through May 14, 2012,” La Mesa Police News and Information, La Mesa Police Department, May 14 2012.
- Shaming:
- “Prostitution Is a Problem, But Is Publishing the Photos of Johns News or Punishment?,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 15 1994.
- “Get the Picture? La Mesa Plans to Publish Photos of Prostitution Solicitors,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 27 1994.
- “Prostitution Arrests Climb Despite La Mesa’s Efforts,” San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 1995.
- “Ladies Still Waiting in La Mesa; Despite ‘Johns’ Law, Hookers Are Here and There,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 29 1995.
- “Prostitutes’ Photos, Case Details Put Online,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 30 2007.
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “La Mesa Council Hearing to Decide Fate of Nude Spa,” San Diego Union, July 16 1985.
- “Ex-Officer Indicted in Probe; Pandering, Pimping Are among Charges,” San Diego Union-Tribune, September 17 1992.
- “La Mesa Seeks Tighter Control of Massage Parlors in City,” San Diego Union-Tribune, March 3 2004.
- “Cities Shut (Motel) Doors on Prostitution,” San Diego Union-Tribune, June 14 1997.
- “La Mesa Massage Parlors Lose Bid to Stay at Present Locations,” San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26 1997.
- “School Board Member Arrested,” San Diego Union-Tribune, February 13 2004.
- “La Mesa Police Shut down Brothel, Arrest Four,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 12 2007.
- “Prostitution Arrests in La Mesa,” San Diego Union-Tribune, January 29 2009.
- Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Rape-Case Suspect Faces New Charges,” San Diego Union, May 14 1988.
- “Prostitute Tells of Rape, Robbery,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 27 2004.
State | California |
Type | City |
Population | 53990 |
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