Seven complaints were recorded in February and 20 in March, police said at the monthly public Compstat meeting. Prostitution complaints typically increase as the weather warms up, police said. For the first three months last year, 37 complaints were lodged compared with 42 during the same time this year.
Assistant Deputy Chief Doug Pann said officers have conducted quickly organized prostitution details on smaller scales that target prostitutes when they are out on the streets. Larger stings to target men seeking prostitutes will be planned. Dyanna Chandler, who lives in the district, said that more work should be done to target the men seeking sex from prostitutes. Pann said that police target prostitutes more than those who seek their services because the women, who are visible on the streets, are the ones people complain about.
He said an operation using female officers posing as prostitutes requires more security. But the number the first three months last year was 48, compared with 32 this year. Georgette Braun: ; gbraun rrstar. Prostitution complaints on the rise in Rockford. Facebook Twitter Email.
