Morgan Hill, 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 | ✓ |
Morgan Hill is a city of approximately 38,000 residents, located near Gilroy in southern Santa Clara County, California. Cases of prostitution (both at street-level and within adult-oriented businesses) and child sex trafficking have been reported in the city, and the area has been included in a list of sites targeted by the FBI’s anti-sex trafficking initiative Operation Cross Country.
In at least one instance, the Morgan Hill Police Department has consciously targeted underlying demand for commercial sex. In September 2006, the MHPD reported it had recently completed a web sting on Craigslist. Officers placed decoy advertisements offering and requesting sex-for-purchase, and arranged to meet with the individuals who responded. As a result, one john, one pimp, and one prostituted woman were arrested. All arrestees’ names and ages were released to the media. Following his arrest, the john reportedly told police “he needed to be released by a specific time to keep a dinner reservation with his wife for their anniversary.”
Key Partners
- Morgan Hill Police Department
- FBI
Key Sources
- Web-Based Reverse Stings:
- Sex Trafficking in the Area:
- “Suspected Prostitutes Arrested in Police Sting”, Gilroy Dispatch, September 14 2009.
- “Former Gilroy Sex Trafficking Victims Receiving Award”, Gilroy Dispatch, February 17 2011.
- “Sex Trafficking Victim Speaks Out”, Gilroy Dispatch, February 18 2011.
- “Runaway Girl Lured into Prostitution”, Morgan Hill Times, January 30 2014.
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “MORGAN HILL; Massage Parlor Owner Accused of Prostitution”, San Francisco Chronicle, September 28 2000.
- “Eleven Arrested in Morgan Hill Prostitution Sting”, Gilroy Dispatch, October 31 2008.
- “Morgan Hill to Consider Moratorium on New Massage Parlors”, Gilroy Dispatch, May 26 2009.
- “Suspected Prostitutes Arrested in Police Sting”, Gilroy Dispatch, September 14 2009.
- “Police Arrest Five for Prostitution”, Morgan Hill Times, March 28 2010.
- “City Council Eliminates Massage Ordinance”, Morgan Hill Times, February 7 2011.
- “MH Police Blotter: Prostitution, Pimping Reported on Christmas Eve”, Morgan Hill Times, January 3 2014.
State | California |
Type | City |
Population | 37592 |
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