To further dispell the notion
... about LE decoys being old, haggard or unattractive, I have personally seen with my own eyes LE and their small group of decoys on a known track here in LA and they were NOT bad looking at all.
While driving up a known track I spotted not one but two decent looking sw's, 1 bsw and 1 lsw. The bsw was cute and had a nice slim figure and the lsw was a little on the thick side but still good looking. Neither looked older than 24. Neither one was glued to one spot either. They did not travel far but they were moving.
The lsw had sparked my interest so I turned up a side street to make a block wrap around, instead of a risky u-turn. The street she was on was a major LA street, but the side street I was coming down was residential so I crept up very slowly, scanning the entire area for anything suspicious. Funny thing was I didn't have to look very far. About midway down this small side street was an unmarked LE crown victoria, with one LE officer (shiny badge visible even at night) and 3 more (attractive younger) girls standing outside of his car, one in his passenger seat, looking down towards the SW's on the corner. He had his radio up to his mouth when we made eye contact with each other and needless to say I left the area immediately. But this revealed to me 2 things; 1) LE decoys can be particularly deceptive as they were not stunning 10's nor were they old fat pigs as some have suggested. and 2) that LE is active in this particular area looking to bust mongers.
There Are Decoys And Then Just Bad Luck!
Here in the Valley (staying with the thread!) Everyone today focuses on "decoys". LE Stings with "decoys" waving in parking lots. At bus stops. Is she LE? Is she SW? Too good-looking to be LE! Blah...blah and blah.
However, in the heyday of the Sunset days, pre-Bratton, when vice was not something mongers worried about 24/7 like today, I picked up a "new friend" in Hollywood WHO WAS STANDING ON THE CORNER and we drove to my favorite no-tell on Western, where I had been dozens of times without trouble or incident. After we were in the room about 10 minutes, there's a loud knock on the door and 3 vice officers storm inside, flashing badges and yelling "Police Officers!" Then..."Did you know this woman is a known prostitute?" "Did you give her any money?"
They separated us to ask questions and soon get conflicting stories and basically, I'm busted. She was no decoy. She was real, but LE was hanging out somewhere in the shadows----watching her and waiting for some fool like me to pick her up....and then following us. She wasn't LE, but because she wasn't moving, they used her like a decoy anyway! BSW bobbing on the corner like bait, looking real tasty to a young trout like me. I guess they hooked their fish.
Today times have changed.
Watch your ass brothers! And watch it good!
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