Milford, MA
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Auto Seizure | ✓ |
Buyer Arrests | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Community Service | ✓ |
Employment Loss | ✓ |
Identity Disclosure | ✓ |
IT Based Tactics | ✓ |
John School | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
License Suspension | ✓ |
Neighborhood Action | ✓ |
Public Education | ✓ |
Reverse Stings | ✓ |
SOAP Orders | ✓ |
Web Stings | ✓ |
Milford is a city of approximately 28,000 residents, located in Worcester County in south central Massachusetts. In addition to longstanding complaints about indoor prostitution in the community, local law enforcement have reported an increased in web-based commercial sex sales in recent years.
To address these issues, the Milford Police Department has conducted two reverse stings– one street-level operation in 2005, and a second web-based operation in 2006. The latter operation, which utilized an undercover female state trooper as a decoy, resulted in the arrest of 5 johns. The men’s names and other identifying information were released by local news outlets.
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- Street-Level Reverse Stings with Shaming:
- Web-Based Reverse Stings with Shaming:
- “Milford Police Grab 5 in Web Sex Sting, Out-of-Towners Lured by Site Posting,” Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 20 2006.
- “Silly Sting,” Milford Daily News, January 20 2006.
- “Five Men Charged After Police Use Craigslist in Sex-For-Hire Sting”, Boston Globe, January 21 2006.
- “Newton City Worker Quits After Sex Sting in Milford”, Boston Globe, February 2 2006.
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Police: Call Girl Arrested, Cop Posed as John; Milford,” Milford Daily News, March 14 2007.
- “Milford Man Linked to Ring, Teens Allegedly in Prostitution,” Worcester Telegram & Gazette, September 13 2007.
- “Woman Charged with Prostitution at Milford Hotel,” Milford Daily News, November 3 2009.
- “Milford: Two Arraigned on Prostitution Charges; One Arrested on the Same Charge in 2007,” Milford Daily News, March 22 2013.
- “Police Log; Two Women Arrested on Prostitution Warrants,” Milford Daily News, September 27 2013.
- “Milford: Police Arrest Woman on Prostitution Charges,” Milford Daily News, May 1 2014.
- Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
State | Massachusetts |
Type | City |
Population | 27263 |
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