A story on Fox40 out of Sacramento talks about the booming sex industry in Modesto even though the cops recently conducted a sting that resulted in two dozen men being arrested for the very serious crime of wanting to have an orgasm (with someone besides themselves).
The story makes the point that the motels where these prostitutes work don’t seem to mind the business they’re in.
A 22 year old prostitute named Candy told FOX40’s John Lobertini, there’s an unspoken rule: DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL. “Are you ever question about what you do by these motel operators?” Lobertini asked. “No, No. The only interaction we ever have with them is to go pay for our room,” Candy says. “They don’t ask because they don’t want to know?” Lobertini quizzed. “Yes, pretty much,” she says.
Of course, by the standards of the rescue groups, those motels are exploiting those poor women. Better that the women should be forced to work in dark allies or in the back of a beat up old Buick.
But what really grabbed my attention was this:
Prostitution is a victimless crime; the charges and fines are often minor. “What are you doing tonight,” but what these women see from the men they meet behind closed doors can be revealing. And, strangely enough the prostitutes become valuable crime fighting tools. ”They’ll get the license plate on these individuals.
And, when we end up running them we come to find out their sexual predators, violent sexual offenders and they’re not supposed to be around any of this,” says Deputy Marc Nuno during a brief break from patrol.
There’s not much substance there, but it sounds like the hookers are actually helping the cops to get violent johns off the street. Or it could just be something the cop made up to justify why they’re seen taking their breaks around hookers so often…
