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Prostitutes' Photos, Case Details Put Online (Police Hope It Deters Crime...)
SignOnSanDiego.com ^ | October 30, 2007 | Mark Arner and Liz Neely

Posted on 10/30/2007 11:52:42 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

Prostitutes' photos, case details put online

Police hope it deters crime; clients' mug shots to come

By Mark Arner and Liz Neely

UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS

October 30, 2007

EL CAJON – Mug shots of convicted prostitutes are appearing on the El Cajon Police Department's Web site. Police hope to discourage them from plying their trade in town using a 21st-century version of public flogging.

Pictures of 11 women, details of their crimes and areas where they are banned from loitering were posted as of yesterday. Police said they plan to add pictures of convicted “johns” – the clients – within weeks. They are urging viewers to report when the offenders violate probation.

“Our Web site is always in revision,” said El Cajon police Chief Cliff Diamond. “We have always viewed it as a good intervention tool to keep our community apprised of crime trends, wanted persons and missing persons.”

Publication of convicted criminals' mug shots is the latest of several unconventional tactics that El Cajon and other cities have tried in recent years to discourage prostitution.

Twelve years ago, the La Mesa City Council tried to stifle such activity by publishing photos of convicted “johns” in the media. In July, El Cajon and National City were among several cities statewide that were told to abandon laws allowing them to impound vehicles of motorists who tried to buy sex on the streets. That tactic ended when the state Supreme Court ruled that cities could no longer seize vehicles of people suspected of soliciting prostitution.

In El Cajon, the number of prostitution arrests has decreased since a peak of 100 in 2003, when a large number of stings were conducted. After five stings this year, 25 arrests have been made.

The goal of putting the faces of convicted prostitutes on the Web “is to move them and the crimes that come with them out of our city,” said El Cajon police Special Investigations Sgt. Mike Hook.

The tactic has drawn mixed reactions.

Marjorie Cohn, a professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, said the Web site violates the women's right to privacy.

“It's an incredible invasion of the privacy of the women, with no real benefit to law enforcement,” Cohn said.

For some businesses along the corridors best known for prostitution activity in El Cajon, the high-tech approach is welcome.

“I think it's a good idea because we get a lot of them hanging around here,” said John Crisp, owner of Bath-Co Shower Door on Main Street east of Johnson Avenue. “It's not good for business.”

Larry Wilson, owner of Mustang Auto on El Cajon Boulevard near Wilson Avenue, said putting the pictures on the Internet will probably discourage prostitution in El Cajon. But he also wondered how to help those arrested.

“I think it's a good idea, but what do you do?” Wilson asked. “What can we do to help these people? These girls need to get involved in a church somehow, and they'll help them turn their lives around.” The Rev. Mary Moreno Richardson, an Episcopal priest in San Diego who has publicly opposed the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women, said the department's decision to publish pictures of female offenders appeared to be selectively punishing them without trying to solve the problem.

“This story is as old as time,” Richardson said. “I think they should offer solutions and services to these women, who have already completed their sentences and paid for these crimes.”

Councilman Gary Kendrick sees it as a deterrent.

“I think someone is less likely to engage in prostitution in El Cajon if they know their picture is going to end up on our Web site,” he said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: blotter; crime; hookers; privacy; prostitution; publicmorals; skanks; trickortreat
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To: DogByte6RER

This one actually looks a bit ashamed.

That's a good thing.

41 posted on 10/30/2007 12:21:54 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Tamar1973

Is it possible to get penile gingivitis?


42 posted on 10/30/2007 12:22:30 PM PDT by woofie
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To: ArrogantBustard
The last line of her probation order:

"Additionally: Shall not advertise on Craig’s List "

43 posted on 10/30/2007 12:22:35 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Hmmmmmm.................

44 posted on 10/30/2007 12:22:49 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Got Towel?)
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To: woofie
Is it possible to get penile gingivitis?

I doubt it but you could get herpes that way!

45 posted on 10/30/2007 12:24:47 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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To: DogByte6RER
None of them are a guy's dream date. LOL

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

46 posted on 10/30/2007 12:25:22 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: DogByte6RER

Hand me them beer goggles, quick. I got a date with Marjorie Cohn.


48 posted on 10/30/2007 12:26:39 PM PDT by tumblindice (Support FIDO or we shoot this dog)
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To: DogByte6RER
Marjorie Cohn, a professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, said the Web site violates the women's right to privacy.

“It's an incredible invasion of the privacy of the women, with no real benefit to law enforcement,” Cohn said.

Marjorie, as a law professor you should know that all court appearances are public record.

49 posted on 10/30/2007 12:27:24 PM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: boleslaus sabakovic

I knew somebody would get a charge out of that. And you responded quicker than lightning. But we certainly don’t want to run these shocking jokes into the ground.


50 posted on 10/30/2007 12:28:25 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Prostitues - a Primer

Prostitues as depicted in the movies

Prostutes in real life

Any Questions?


51 posted on 10/30/2007 12:29:00 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: KosmicKitty
And then there's Jamie Lee Curtis in "Trading Places" too:


52 posted on 10/30/2007 12:38:22 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: KosmicKitty

53 posted on 10/30/2007 12:38:28 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: DogByte6RER
From the Helen Thomas Academy of Seduction:


54 posted on 10/30/2007 12:41:40 PM PDT by Lizavetta ( Politicians: When they're speaking, they're lying - when they're not speaking, they're stealing.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

LOL! Shocking! (couldn’t resist)


55 posted on 10/30/2007 12:44:23 PM PDT by bill1952 ("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
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To: DogByte6RER

Bunch of worn-out chickenheads!


56 posted on 10/30/2007 12:51:03 PM PDT by doctor noe
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To: KosmicKitty
>Prostutes in real life

Could start a whole new thread with that idea, along with the difference between TV lesbos and real life ones ...


57 posted on 10/30/2007 12:54:35 PM PDT by bill1952 ("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
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To: bill1952
Could start a whole new thread with that idea, along with the difference between TV lesbos and real life ones ...

Now THAT would be a scary Halloween thread ;-)

58 posted on 10/30/2007 12:57:14 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: doctor noe
Yep ... by age 30, they're basically "used up". "Rode hard and put up wet."

The one I labeled a "crankhead" is 43. She looks over 60. The 19yo looks 13, though ... I don't think she has a clue what she's gotten into. The rest look old beyond their years.

Pray for them.

Luke 15:7

59 posted on 10/30/2007 12:59:45 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

“The one I labeled a “crankhead” is 43. She looks over 60. The 19yo looks 13, though ... I don’t think she has a clue what she’s gotten into. The rest look old beyond their years.”

The effects of meth on the human body and soul are devastating.


60 posted on 10/30/2007 1:11:02 PM PDT by doctor noe
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