Thibodaux is a city of approximately 15,000 residents, located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, about 15 miles northwest of Houma. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, […]
Fontana is a city of approximately 211,000 residents located in San Bernardino County, California. Like law enforcement agencies in neighboring Ontario and San Bernardino, the Fontana Police Department has identified areas of the city where street prostitution is visible and chronic. To address the issue, the FPD has conducted periodic street-level reverse stings since at […]
Winchester is a city of approximately 19,000 residents, located 25 miles east of Lexington in Clark County, Kentucky. Residents and business owners have complained of the detrimental effects of prostitution on their neighborhoods and businesses. In an effort to reduce street prostitution in the city, the Winchester Police Department (WPD) conducted a reverse sting in […]
Wake Forest is a town of approximately 30,000 residents, located just north of Raleigh in North Carolina. Although prostitution activity is reported to be fairly relatively in the town, officers from the Wake Forest Police Department (WFPD) contend that prostitution is often associated with serious crimes such as rape and assault. The WFPD has proactively […]
Cape Canaveral is a city of approximately 10,000 residents, located in Brevard County on a barrier island along Florida’s east coast. It is perhaps best known as the NASA launch site of several Kennedy Space Center missions. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints […]
Ontario is a city of approximately 178,000 residents, located in southwest San Bernardino County near Fontana and Pomona, California. The Ontario Police Department has conducted reverse stings in the area, including ones at a major motel chain on North Vineyard Avenue and a truck stop near Interstates 10 and 15, a crossroads for overnight truckers. […]
Linthicum, also known as Linthicum Heights, is an unincorporated community of approximately 10,000 residents, located near Baltimore Washington International Airport in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is part of a cluster of communities along the Route 295 corridor with substantial prostitution activity, and a correspondingly high level of law enforcement activity meant to deter and respond to prostitution and […]
Roland is a small city of about 3,000 residents in eastern Oklahoma, near Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is located in Sequoyah County, and is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in unincorporated areas of the county. This activity and the […]
Kokomo is a city of about 60,000 residents located north of Indianapolis, Indiana. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well-documented problems afflicting Kokomo for decades. For example, in May 2022, police arrested two Kokomo residents who were accused of setting up a meeting with a man through a prostitution website and then beating and robbing […]
Beachwood is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, located near Shaker Heights in Cuyahoga County, and has about 14,000 residents. Cases of prostitution and the attempted procurement of minors for commercial sex have been reported in the city. The Beachwood Police Department has conducted reverse stings to combat consumer-level demand for prostitution. In one operation, conducted […]
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