Prostitution in my area.

Nick_C

Reporting anything to the police is a waste of time IMHO.*

I would be tempted to get together with a group of your neighbours and very obviously photograph the girls and the men picking them up. Get some powerful torches. Use flash photography. Perhaps some embarrassing banners as well. They will soon move on.

* Edit: report it to the Police by all means, but don't expect them to do anything.

moneyistooshorttomention

Nick_C wrote: »

Reporting anything to the police is a waste of time IMHO.*

I would be tempted to get together with a group of your neighbours and very obviously photograph the girls and the men picking them up. Get some powerful torches. Use flash photography. Perhaps some embarrassing banners as well. They will soon move on.

* Edit: report it to the Police by all means, but don't expect them to do anything.

Something like that and/or generally reporting it to the local paper in other ways might well help to deal with this.

I would guess that men who use the "services" provided would find out re word of mouth anyway - so I doubt this would be a tactic that would rebound. I would think the local male grapevine for that is well aware anyway.

Putting it in the paper, on the other hand, would probably serve to scare them off - as they would be scared their wives/girlfriends might pick up on what they were doing in that area. If they were really unlucky they personally might get photographed/recognised by someone in a flash mob group like that.

Bit of a risky strategy - but I still think its a good one and would work.

theartfullodger

Blokes wandering around in the dark with torches taking photos of Toms? That should get in the paper:

Police: It's what they are for. If they don't take action use the usual escalation routes...

movilogo

Are you aware that prostitution is not illegal? Only pimping is illegal.

I'd be very surprised if police do anything at all.

You have better luck by informing council (so that they demand commercial property tax), TV license (so that they send a visiting officer) etc.

Joking aside, you may speak with CAB.

quidsy

What do you expect can be done if you aren't prepared to report it? Batman?

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quidsy wrote: »

What do you expect can be done if you aren't prepared to report it? Batman?

Well that's why I posted thanks, for advice.

I think I'll go round all the neighbours and try and sort a group up or something.

I do have licence plates but as I live extremely close to all this. It won't take long to figure out who is reporting this as they can see me looking out my window.

Just rather not get involved with pimps,police and hookers that's all.

quidsy

Well the problem is, we have this multi faceted resource to help in times such as this, you just aren't happy to utilize them, so what else can be done? Not a lot really. I doubt you & the neighbors are going to get much resolved unless you e planning to form a vigilante group & start cracking skulls.

But if you DID start making regular reports they would probably at least start sending round regular patrols & have them moved off your corner & into someone else's.

moneyistooshorttomention

Deleted_User wrote: »

Well that's why I posted thanks, for advice.

I think I'll go round all the neighbours and try and sort a group up or something.

I do have licence plates but as I live extremely close to all this. It won't take long to figure out who is reporting this as they can see me looking out my window.

Just rather not get involved with pimps,police and hookers that's all.

Be a little careful who you ask re possibly doing publicity - don't want to go to the wrong person.

The right person, on the other hand, would be people like mothers of children who use any facility in the area/local churches/etc.

paddyrg

I lived in Balsall Heath in Birmingham when it was notoriously the red light district. Every street corner was occupied every night, and as a bloke with long hair I got 'beeped' a few times by curb crawlers who saw me from behind.

The local mosques got together and agreed to keep a regular street presence of maybe 3 people per corner just writing down number plates of anyone curb crawling. They had no issue with the women, there was no aggro, just a determined campaign or recording reg numbers and publishing in the paper. It was a fast, enormous and permanent success - and it took less than a month.

In this internet and digital camera age, it's even easier to set up your own reddit or webpage or whatever. Remove the punters and you remove the problem.

Gordon_Hose

movilogo wrote: »

Are you aware that prostitution is not illegal? Only pimping is illegal.

I'd be very surprised if police do anything at all.

You have better luck by informing council (so that they demand commercial property tax), TV license (so that they send a visiting officer) etc.

Joking aside, you may speak with CAB.

Kerb crawling is though - no business, no prostitutes. Problem solved.... or should I say, problem pushed onto someone elses street corner :rotfl: