I have never understood how sting operations can be legal in any situation, but when police use them in prostitution contexts they generally pose as clients, with the aim of catching sex workers. In the story below they posed as prostitutes in order to entrap clients. This is justified by referring to vile behaviour , an antiquated phrase for the 21st century. And given so many other, more dangerous urban problems, investing money and time into catching men who buy sex seems silly. Some people asked why their clients were not subjected to similar shaming; as this picture shows, to some extent they were.
As part of the three-hour undercover operation in the National Street area, several Elgin officers posed as prostitutes. Glenn Theriault. According to police, one of the men had his 2-year-old son with him. They are [follows a list of names and addresses].
The following men were arrested under the local ordinance and for additional charges [follows another list]. Everyone will have their case heard Aug. They are also determined to reduce the crimes it creates. Elgin police ran a similar crackdown in July that officers cut short due to the rain and that resulted in one arrest, Theriault said. For outdoor prostitution, this kind of sting is actually very common, and is among several reasons street prostitution has declined so dramatically over the past couple of decades.
Not sure if that was ever implemented. More rare, expensive to carry out, and far more invasive is when cops do hotel rooms stings to bust escorts and escort customers. The usual sting is to catch female sex workers. Oh yes, reverse stings are common enough. The rest are the providers. I think these kind of stings will become much more common in Illinois now that the End Demand legislation was passed here last week increasing the penalties for some prostitution related crimes.
Also written into that bill are increased vehicle impoundement fees which stand to make organizations involved with promoting the bill more money. Cops are allowed to do anything they want for a bust. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Elgin arrests 11 in reverse prostitution sting Lenore T.
