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Los Angeles City Council is considering sending "Dear John" letters to the registrants of cars seen in an area of San Fernando described as having a "thriving street prostitution problem". The plan would use automated license plate readers to identify vehicles that stopped in the area. Council member Nury Martinez claims "If you aren't soliciting, you have no reason to worry about finding one of these letters in your mailbox. But if you are, these letters will discourage you from returning."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/12/01/the-age-of-pre-crime-has-arrived/
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Don't believe everything you hear or anything you say.
(Score: 4, Informative) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday December 02 2015, @11:48PM
Which is why the only civilized response is to legalise prostitution.
In the country where I live, when AIDS became a threat, prostitutes were advised to use condoms, which makes sense. The police began arresting them if they caught them with condoms.
Eventually people woke up to the fact that there's a reason it's known as the oldest profession. No-one has ever managed to prevent prostitution, so why bother trying? Legalise and regulate it so that the prostitutes are safe and so are the johns and everyone's a winner.