New London, CT
Categories:
Tactics Used |
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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 | ✓ |
New London is a community in coastal Connecticut with a population of approximately 28,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented local problems; several prostitution-related robberies and homicides have also been documented.
A wide range of tactics have been employed to reduce consumer-level demand for commercial sex, which drives both prostitution and sex trafficking. The first known reverse sting in New London occurred in 1983. That year, two reversals produced the arrest of 23 sex buyers. Operations have continued periodically. For example, a reverse sting in 1983 lasting 2.5 hours produced the arrest of 5 sex buyers. According to a National Assessment survey response from the New London Police Department in 2012, a Neighborhood Watch program addressing demand was begun in 1998, a public awareness campaign started in 2001, auto seizures in 2006, and web-based reversals in 2009.
Key Partners
- New London Police Department
- Statewide Narcotics Task Force – Eastern District
Key Sources
National Assessment Survey (2012)
Street-Level Reverse Stings, Identity Disclosure:
- “Prostitution Crackdown,” New London Day, August 25 1983.
- “Soliciting Crackdown Called a Success,” New London Day, August 25 1983.
- “21 Arrested in Prostitution Raid,” New London Day, September 2 1983.
- “21 More Arrested as Police Conduct Second ‘Sting’ against Prostitution,” New London Day, September 2 1983.
- “Neighborhood Puts up with Prostitution,” New London Day, September 3 1983.
- “Prostitution in Neighborhood,” New London Day, September 3 1983.
- “Prostitution; Facing Facts: Vice Encourages Other Crimes,” New London Day, September 6 1983.
- “Prostitution Arrests Intended as Warning,” New London Day, September 16 1983.
- “Prostitute Decoy Lures 5 Men into Police Trap,” New London Day, November 26 1983.
- “A Friday Sting Brings a Good Haul,” New London Day, August 12 1985.
- “Fourteen Men Are Charged in Prostitution Crackdown,” New London Day, June 15 1987.
- “New London Sting Operation Nets 35 Arrests,” New London Day, August 26 1995.
- “40 Arrested in Sting for Prostitution and Drugs,” New London Day, May 9 1998.
- “Police Continue Work after Prostitution Sting,” New London Day, May 10 1998.
- “New London Police Arrest Seven in Prostitution Sting,” New London Day, September 22 2000.
- “New London, State Police Conduct Prostitution Sting,” New London Day, March 22 2002.
- “Nine Charged in New London Prostitution Sting Operation,” New London Day, December 11 2003.
Neighborhood Action:
- “Cash for Anti-Prostitution ‘Bug’ to Be Debated,” New London Day, April 27 1983.
- “Anti-Prostitution Plan Becomes Bank Street-Captain’s Walk Fight,” New London Day, April 29 1983.
- “Taking Neighborhoods Back,” New London Day, December 1 1991.
Cameras:
- “Cash for Anti-Prostitution ‘Bug’ to Be Debated,” New London Day, April 27 1983.
- “Anti-Prostitution Plan Becomes Bank Street-Captain’s Walk Fight,” New London Day, April 29 1983.
- “Prostitution Crackdown,” New London Day, August 25 1983.
- “Prostitution Arrests Intended as Warning,” New London Day, September 16 1983.
Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “With No Direction, She Found Bank Street,” New London Day, October 3 1981.
- “The Boys of the Street,” New London Day, July 29 1984.
- “Police Charge Three in Prostitution Cases,” New London Day, February 15 1988.
Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “City Cracks down on Bank St. Prostitution,” New London Day, October 4 1973.
- “Prostitution Controlled, Says Fandel,” New London Day, September 19 1979.
- “Police Seek Warrants for Alleged Prostitution,” New London Day, June 18 1981.
- “Downtown Merchants, Residents Told Anti-Crime Campaign Needs Commitment,” New London Day, March 16 1983.
- “NL Man Recruited Woman for Prostitution, Police Say,” New London Day, March 16 1991.
- “Police Raid Massage Parlors, File Prostitution Charges,” New London Day, April 6 1997.
- “New London Police Charge 5 Women with Prostitution in ‘Quality of Life’ Sting,” New London Day, September 18 2014.
Documented Violence Against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Jury Finds Man Guilty of Raping Prostitute,” New London Day, February 27 1979.
- “Man Gets 4 to 8 Years in Rape Case,” New London Day, April 3 1979.
- “Woman Tied to Shooting Arrested,” New London Day, January 30 1983.
- “Slain Woman Wanted to Give up Street Life,” New London Day, April 10 1984.
- “Prostitution, Assault Charges Are Lodged,” New London Day, June 12 1985.
- “Man Convicted of Raping Woman Whom He Claimed Was a Prostitute,” New London Day, August 19 1987.
- “Police Charge Three in Prostitution Cases,” New London Day, February 15 1988.
- “Suspect Says Stabbing of Prostitute Accidental,” New London Day, January 31 1991.
- “Stabbing Victim Beat Prostitute, Police Charge,” New London Day, July 26 1994.
- “Woman Testifies in Sexual Assault Trial,” New London Day, August 18 1996.
- “Jury Gives Split Decision in Sexual Assault Cases,” New London Day, August 22 1996.
- “Local Woman Found Dead in Waterford,” New London Day, June 26 1997.
- “Two Arrested in Robbery, Prostitution Case,” ABC/WTNH-TV 8, September 22 2014.
| State | Connecticut |
| Type | City |
| Population | 27635 |
| Location |
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