Tallahassee, FL
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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 | ✓ |
Tallahassee is the capital of Florida and has a population of approximately 170,000. The city also serves as the government seat of Leon County. Prostitution has been identified by law enforcement as a problem in the city, and residents have complained to police about prostitution in certain neighborhoods. Associated crimes that have been well-documented in the city include child sex trafficking, the assaults on women engaged in prostitution, and a sex buyer murdered by a sex seller.
In response to such concerns, since 1991, police have targeted consumer-level demand for commercial sex by conducting reverse stings. The Tallahassee Police Department has conducted at least one reverse sting and one sting, which resulted in two arrests. In October 2011, the Tallahassee Police Department and several law enforcement agencies conducted a web sting which resulted in the arrest of 35 men soliciting sex with minors. The arrests were made as a part of Operation Tallyop by the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. In June 2012, five Florida counties arrested 119 suspected sexual predators over six weeks. The Florida Sheriff’s Task Force, along with the North, Central and South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces, focused on identifying and apprehending cyber predators in Bay, Broward, Citrus, Polk and Sarasota counties.
Key Partners
- Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
- Leon County Sheriff’s Office
- Tallahassee Police Department
- U.S. Marshal Service
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office
- Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
Key Sources
- Street-Level Reverse Stings:
- “FSU DB Arrested on Solicitation Charge”, St. Petersburg Times, July 29 2000.
- “Star FSU Defensive Player Caught in Prostitution Sting”, Stuart News, July 29 2000.
- “Prostitution: Police Will Keep Making Arrests”, Gainesville Sun, December 3 2001.
- Web-Based Reverse Stings and Shaming:
- Community Service:
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Vice Law Sex Bias Disputed”, Palm Beach Post, November 7 1975.
- “Authorities Search Esquire Escorts; Police Threaten Charges of Racketeering, Prostitution”, Gainesville Sun, June 14 1990.
- “Prostitution Probe: Teacher Admits to Being Madam”, Gainesville Sun, September 14 1992.
- “Prostitution: Police Will Keep Making Arrests”, Gainesville Sun, December 3 2001.
- “Tallahassee Prostitution Sting Nets Five Arrests”, WCTV-TV 6, August 19 2011.
- “Ex-Prostitute Shares Her Story”, WCTV-TV 6, December 12 2011.
- “Tallahassee Prostitution Sting Nets Seven Arrests”, WCTV-TV 6, August 24 2012.
- http://www.wtxl.com/news/four-arrested-in-undercover-prostitution-sting-in-tallahassee/ (2019)
- Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “Two Arrested in Prostitution Operation on North Monroe Street”, Tallahassee Democrat, May 27 2014.
- “Multiple People Charged in Under-aged Prostitution Sting”, ABC/WWSB-TV 7, May 28 2014.
- “Arrests for Sex Trafficking ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ in Tallahassee”, Tallahassee Democrat, June 2 2014.
- “Man Arrested in North Monroe Street Prostitution Case,” Tallahassee Democrat, November 4 2014.
- “Man Arrested in Human Trafficking Case,” Tallahassee Democrat, May 26 2015.
- “Man Arrested in Tallahassee for Human Trafficking, Forced Prostitution,” ABC/WTXL-TV 27, July 9 2015.
- “Tallahassee Woman Sentenced to Prison for Sex Trafficking a Minor,” ABC/WTXL-TV 27, July 17 2015.
- “Man Charged with Sex and Drug Trafficking,” Greene Publishing, Inc., October 14 2015.
- Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Escort, 18, Known as ‘Chocolate Bunny’ Arrested after Killing Man in Florida Hotel”, New York Daily News, May 20 2014.
- “Prostitute Beaten with Baseball Bat, Sexually Assaulted Outside North Monroe Econo Lodge”, Tallahassee Democrat, May 20 2014.
- “Man Arrested after Impersonating TPD Officer, Robbing Prostitute,” WCTV-TV 6, May 21 2015.
State | Florida |
Type | City |
Population | 168979 |
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