SF Police Crack Down on Prostitution

<p>The San Francisco Police are cracking down on prostitution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The SFPD Mission Station recently conducted eight nights of enforcement operations to address crimes related to soliciting prostitution from Wednesday&comma; May 8&comma; 2024&comma; to Sunday&comma; May 19&comma; 2024&period; The operations were focused on Shotwell Street between 18th Street and 21st Street and a secondary location of South Van Ness Avenue and 18th Street&period; The arrests were made at various locations but originated from these two areas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The enforcement operations resulted in 30 adults being arrested&comma; which consisted of 17 arrests for paying for sexual acts &lpar;647&lpar;b&rpar;&lpar;2&rpar; PC&rpar; and 13 arrests for accepting money for sexual acts &lpar;647&lpar;b&rpar;&lpar;1&rpar; PC&rpar;&period; Ten individuals are from San Francisco and the remainder of the suspects are from outside San Francisco and California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mission Police Station will continue to patrol and conduct operations in this neighborhood which is being negatively impacted by the increased foot traffic of illegal sex workers and vehicles&period; This flow of people committing crimes from littering used condoms&comma; double parking&comma; and blocking roadways in addition to the acts of prostitution has created hazardous street conditions for those who live and work in the area&period; The SFPD will hold those accountable for their actions who are coming into neighborhoods to commit crimes and disturb the peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The SFPD would like to thank the Mission Station Plainclothes Team and Mission Station Patrol Officers who were instrumental in these operations and the SFPD Special Victims Unit &lpar;SVU&rpar; who assisted in these investigations&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;