Prostitution in my area.

carefullycautious

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.

This worked for the people in Balsall Heath, Birmingham some years ago who were thoroughly sick and fed up with the problem. The community got together and made changes

Kinski

We have prostitutes in our area, a few years ago they used the park just across the road from us, the local dog walkers ( myself included ) used to follow the girls through the park which soon got rid of them. We do still have a couple of them but they tend to keep a very low profile.

ReadingTim

paddyrg wrote: »

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.

Sadly I think this is more likely to be the case that the Police were unwilling to aggravate "the local community" than confront what could be described as an 'angry mob' looking to 'mete out vigilante justice' - which is how they'd see it if the protesters were attendees of a local church, rather than mosque.

More seriously, taking the matter into your own hands as described by others may bring you to the attention of the police anyway, but this time as a possible perpetrator of a crime, rather than a victim of it. Given the OP seems unusually keen to avoid the attentions of the police, this doesn't seem a very wise course of action...

moneyistooshorttomention

I read it that the OP has some degree of awareness of the type of people who sometimes run this sort of set-up and doesn't fancy a close encounter of the "physical" sort with any of the pimps these women might have lurking in the background. He'd hardly be likely to have problems with the police (other than any inefficiency in their record-keeping that caused his name to get out inadvertently).

Another reason to take the advice given to contact a local councillor about it too.

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I read it that the OP has some degree of awareness of the type of people who sometimes run this sort of set-up and doesn't fancy a close encounter of the "physical" sort with any of the pimps these women might have lurking in the background. He'd hardly be likely to have problems with the police (other than any inefficiency in their record-keeping that caused his name to get out inadvertently).

Another reason to take the advice given to contact a local councillor about it too.

Agreed I have no problem with the police and more worried about bumping into pimps or my car smashed up for trying to stamp this out.

Anyway the police have been informed.

I'll let you know what happens tonight

moneyistooshorttomention

Thick net curtains (muslim ones even better) and its possible to keep an eye from behind them inconspicuously - provided there are no lights on.

Daerve

For Christ's sake just phone the police about it every time a prostitute is there. Phone enough and you'll have a PCSO up and down your street every 10 minutes.

If you don't want them coming to your address just tell them that explicitly on the phone and they won't come. Problem solved.

I should also add that for obvious reasons informant's names are incredibly closely guarded.

[Deleted User]

Daerve wrote: »

For Christ's sake just phone the police about it every time a prostitute is there. Phone enough and you'll have a PCSO up and down your street every 10 minutes.

If you don't want them coming to your address just tell them that explicitly on the phone and they won't come. Problem solved.

I should also add that for obvious reasons informant's names are incredibly closely guarded.

No need to swear.

Read two posts before you.I've informed the police.

Daerve

Deleted_User wrote: »

No need to swear.

Read two posts before you.I've informed the police.

Yeah I read that after doing the first page and wondering why you didn't just call the police. As for the "swearing" I'd stay away when I'm doing any DIY because it gets much much worse than that I assure you. :A

[Deleted User]

Daerve wrote: »

Yeah I read that after doing the first page and wondering why you didn't just call the police. As for the "swearing" I'd stay away when I'm doing any DIY because it gets much much worse than that I assure you. :A

Helps if you read the whole post next time!