Bellflower is a city of about 77,000 residents that reportedly has a persistent prostitution problem, and the police department fields numerous complaints from residents. The city has made a substantial effort to address the problem by focusing on consumer-level demand. One street-level reverse sting in 1997 resulted in the arrest of 10 johns, and these […]
Bella Vista is a city of about 31,000 residents in Northwestern Arkansas, north of Fayetteville in Benton County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and throughout Benton County. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among […]
Bedford is a town of approximately 23,000 residents, located near Manchester in southern New Hampshire. Prostitution and sex trafficking are known to occur in the area, and in some cases, are linked to regional and international sex trafficking operations. Law enforcement agencies and others have targeted demand as a means of addressing the wide range of […]
Beckley, West Virginia is a small city of less than 17,000 residents. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been well documented local problems for decades. Community complaints about prostitution have led police to conduct prostitution operations. Reasoning that reducing demand would cause the market to contract and reduce the need for a supply to be present, […]
Beaver Falls is a town of less than 10,000 residents in Western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh and Aliquippa, located in Beaver County, PA. Prostitution has been recognized as a local problem for decades, and community complaints have played a role in police deciding to allocate resources and conduct investigations and enforcement operations. To combat the consumer-level demand […]
Beaumont is a city a Southeastern Texas city, located in Jefferson County, TX, and has a population of roughly 117,000 residents. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in the area, generating complaints to police from businesses and residents. Among the more serious problems associated with commercial sex in the area include sex trafficking and […]
Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the town of Islip, in Suffolk County, on the south shore of Long Island, New York. It has approximately 30,000 residents. Driven by community complaints, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department has conducted several street-level reverse stings using an undercover female officer as a decoy. To […]
Bay Point, formerly West Pittsburg, is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California of approximately 25,000 residents, located an hour east of San Francisco, near Pittsburg and Antioch. Complaints about prostitution from residents and businesses, as well as reports of the homicide of prostituted women, have encouraged the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office to […]
Bay City is a city of approximately 18,000 residents, located near Houston in southeastern Texas’ Matagorda County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in 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, and has […]
Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana. It is also the state’s second largest city, with a population of nearly 222,000. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented in the city and throughout the region, and generate many other crimes including homicide, robbery, child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), and drug and weapons offenses. For example, a […]
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