Crackdown on prostitution
[QUOTE=Blake 4;1405536]80 officers. 20 hours? That's an insane amount of resources being used to arrest a grand total of 16 people. And the dangerous criminals were taken off the streets for what? Soliciting? The officers hope that it will send a message? To find a tract a mile away or what a month til things cool down. I am so happy that our financially strapped city can spend money on this while our schools are facing millions in budget cuts yet again.[/QUOTE]I totally agree. 80 cops that's crazy. What's even crazier is that they are planning on doing more 20 hour sting operations and vice detectives are training patrol cops to cite / arrest prostitutes for loitering w / intent to commit prostitution. Prostitution will never go away no matter how many stings or arrests you make. There will always be girls working and men willing to pick them up. You take a girl to jail and when she's out she will be back working. Take one john to jail will guess what there's plenty more out there. Clean one street / corner up and guess what again, it just moves on to the next. Complete waste of time and money.
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Bacon sizzling on SB on a Saturday Nite!
Just a quick cruise down SB from about 12:30pm to 2:30am, and nothing to be seen. The funny thing was that with absolutely no girls out, not even the customary ones hiding in the shadows on Valerio Street, the LE action was heavy! At least 10 BW and two unmarked CVs.
I got maddogged by a BW on my way home, tailed me on my bumper from Oxnard to Saticoy, once used his spotlight to flash my license plate, then pulled a U turn and went back after I crossed Saticoy. Can't imagine what he was looking for. Be careful out there.