Honolulu, law enforcement and relationship with the oldest profession.
[QUOTE=SlideHammer;2886465]I have long held the opinion that this is the main reason LE allows these places to exist. To relieve 'social pressure' would be a nice way to put it.[/QUOTE]Well dating back to world war 2 and America's build up and staging for world war two (the pacific theatre anyway) on Oahu, the main reason L. E. Let those places exist was because they (L. E. , or what they were known as back then was the vice and virtue department which was later changed to the vice division and what we know of today as the see. Are. You. , crime reduction unit) were put in charge (yes, they still have a say till today, not officially, of course) of these places by Military Police, which was put in charge by commanders of our armed forces because of building resentments locals had with the grunts who were here in droves because of the build up to the war of the pacific, military officials could not afford being associated with brothels (downtown area) amid numerous complaints of sexual abuse and caroussing of local females by the"military", which americas armed services were at the time were definitely involved in, was a part of a deliberate attempt to corral the grunts into one part of the city (downtown, chinatown) and physically make sure that what ever happened in Chinatown stayed in chinatown, to be more specific M. P. 's of our armed forces were placed with the task of making sure the grunts drinking and carousing were onin chinatown and only to brothel workers in chinatown, they basically called the shots with securing those brothels, the pricing of services, also length of time and types of service provided. This was America's way of taking care of it's own and yet appeasing the local tensions that existed at the time (they weren't extended the warm aloha, we've come to know, matter of fact they were looked on by the general population as being the bullys who extorted the isles into ownership) so military offials could not risk the fact that they were in charge of running brothels in chinatown along with the everyday disorder the grunts had created, so they called local L. E. For a meeting in which they handed over care and handling of brothels to the vice and virtue division of local L. E. , who were also not on good terms with the military, which signaled a changed from decption and deceipt to one of a more working together to a similar goal. So, today those who were in charge of the vice squad and it's running of brothels have now retired from law enforcement only, know what I mean, do they own AMP's, prolly not, don't need to though, they are the history of the profession. Till today we still see the m. P. 's influence or mindset of "ok, we see a strong desire, even need for these places to exist, we'll not discourge this but instead place a ring in which you can exist, that ring does not only include the physical place but may include advertising ect., that an AMP must adhere to. I can't say it is the main reason, because L. E. Is not involved in AMP's, but perhaps people who were involved in L. E. , still are involved in sex for sale. If it was a main reason why, that would not be the first time that has happened here.
