Police Targeted Suspected Prostitutes, Johns
Fulton County Police Cleaning Up Fulton Industrial Boulevard
POSTED: 10:53 pm EST February 5,
2010
UPDATED: 9:43 am EST February 6,
2010
ATLANTA -- CBS Atlanta went undercover with the Fulton County Police Department's Special Operations Unit Friday night.They were on a mission to clean up Fulton Industrial Boulevard's reputation for being a haven for prostitution."After several years of being tired of this we’ve gotten a new approach. It’s going to be a sustained effort to continue doing this day in and day out,” said Captain Wade Yates.An undercover officer posed as a "John" and picked up three women who police said offered him sex for money.Another undercover officer posed as a prostitute. She was on the street less than five minutes before someone tried to solicit her.“We can arrest all the prostitutes in one night and that’s not going to solve our problem. That’s why our focus is on the customers of prostitution and not the prostitution themselves.If we can stop the Johns from coming to Fulton Industrial seeking prostitution, the prostitution here will stop,” said Yates.
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