Just to add to the stepped-up LE...
Made my first swing through Brockton in months. Decided to "retire" some time ago and was just killing time. Arrived about 7:30 and found it pretty quiet from the LE side but there were more than a few likely workers and a few known (including HIV Katie) out and about. Some in places I've not seen often Spark Street, for example. About 10-minutes later it was like COPS BROCKTON and they were obviously in a mood to bust balls. Pulling cars over on and Main seemingly at random, searching them top to bottom while the driver sits on the curb in plain view of everyone passing by. Cruisers, marked and unmarked and even some civilian cars. Yikes. Something is clearly up.
As to the sidewalks, it looked like they left Katie alone but were giving a ton of crap to any other girl who made the mistake of venturing out that night (and there were at least a couple). Figures.
I was out of there by 8:10 and it looked like they were just getting warmed-up.
Good luck folks.
Update: I should have made it clear this was on Tuesday night, not Wednesday morning. Sorry about any confusion. Stay safe.