Port Arthur is a city of roughly 56,000 residents, located on the Texas Gulf near Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas. Prostitution has a long history in the community, and generates a wide range of complaints from residents. Cases of child sex trafficking and prostitution-related homicide have also been documented. Although local law enforcement continues to […]
Pompano Beach is a city of approximately 111,000 residents located north of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida. Like many cities in the county, Pompano has struggled with chronic street prostitution along its three major highways– Interstate 95, U.S. Route 1, and Florida State Road 811– since at least the late 1980s. It was also one of […]
Pontiac is located in the metro Detroit area and has a population of roughly 67,000. Prostitution has been identified as a problem in the city for decades, and generates complaints to police. In a recent example, in describing a recent prostitution sting, the Oakland County Sheriff said they chose to target the high-prostitution and drug area based […]
Pomona is a city of approximately 150,000 residents in Los Angeles County, CA, located in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. Instances of prostitution and sex trafficking have been ongoing problems in the city and surrounding areas for decades. For example, street based prostitution along the “Holt Corridor,” (a major thoroughfare in Pomona) is an […]
Polk County is an area that contains over 750,000 residents, and is located in central Florida. It contains the cities of Auburndale, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Inwood, Lake Wales and Davenport. Prostitution has been identified by police and others as a local concern, and there have been cases of sex trafficking, child endangerment, and prostitution-related child sexual […]
Plymouth County covers an area in southeast Massachusetts, about 20 miles south of Boston, and has a population of roughly 520,000. Problems with local sex trafficking, prostitution, and related offenses such as drugs, weapons, and child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, often referred to in legal codes as “child pornography”). For example, in June, 2015, ten people […]
Platte County covers an area in western Missouri, just north of Kansas City, and has a population of roughly 109,000. Sex trafficking and prostitution are well documented problems locally, and generate a wide range of additional crimes. In an effort to reduce their prevalence and impact, local authorities have engaged in efforts to attack their […]
Plant City is located in central Florida’s Hillsborough County, between Lakeland and Tampa, and has a population of almost 40,000. Prostitution and related problems (including the solicitation and forced prostitution of minors and targeted homicides of women engaged in prostitution) have been reported in the community for several years. In response to complaints from community […]
Platte City is a community of approximately 5,000 residents, located 25 miles north of Kansas City in Platte County, Missouri. Prostitution has been well documented in the city for years. For example, in March 2015, an undercover operation in the Platte City area resulted in five arrests on suspicions of prostitution. Platte City Police received […]
Plainfield is a New Jersey city of about 55,000 residents, located in the greater New York City metropolitan area about 10 miles west of Newark near Edison and New Brunswick. Cases of child sex trafficking in residential areas have been documented, prostituted persons have been murdered in the community, and prostitution has generated numerous complaints to […]
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