Escorts:
These are usually
the upper class prostitutes, demanding high end dollar for their services.
These women may work for a service that will cater to the "Johns" request.
Call girls:
As the name implies,
these prostitutes usually work out of their homes, or work regional resort
areas. They usually have a list of "clients" that they visit regularly,
and are paid in the medium range.
Streetwalkers:
The majority
of prostitutes fit this category; they are also the ones that the Crime
Suppression Unit comes into contact with. These are women, and some
men, who find their customers on city streets. They are paid in the
low range, and a majority of the time are "working" to support narcotic
habits (crack cocaine, heroin, etc.). "Boyfriends", or pimps, may
manage some of these prostitutes.
The Crime Suppression Unit has been working diligently
in removing prostitution from the City of Hollywood. Not only do
members of the Crime Suppression Unit work undercover in effecting arrests
of the actual prostitutes, but also reverse prostitution stings are being
staged at regular intervals every month. This is when we use a female Police
Officer to pose as a prostitute and arrest the people who solicit her.
The Federal Highway corridor has been targeted repeatedly
and consistently by the Hollywood Police Department in an effort to eradicate
prostitution related activity from the area. Hundreds of arrests
have been made, and vehicles have been seized from the "johns" as a deterrent
measure to convince them that searching for this type of activity in Hollywood
is a losing proposition.
