Prostitution investigations often involve joint task forces from multiple agencies with city, county, and state officials. In addition, many of these investigations are also coordinated with various federal authorities such as the FBI, ATF, and the Department of Homeland Security. Yes, your tax dollars pay for undercover police officers and federal agents to sit in massage parlors and seedy strip clubs, for months at a time, ordering drinks and lap dances. Ultimately, the only constructive outcome from these kinds of wasteful investigations is proving that Chris Rock was wrong when he said, “No matter what a stripper tells you. There’s no sex in the Champagne Room.”
Police officials routinely insist that these kinds of sting operations improve …show more content…
For instance, one man was angered while visiting a massage parlor in Lehigh Valley, PA after the woman offered him some “VIP” services. This man was certainly upset, but it wasn’t for moralistic reasons; instead, he took issue with the fact that he didn’t have enough money to pay for the “happy ending.” Thereupon, he informed the local police about the illegal conduct inside of this establishment and they decided to pay him as a confidential informant to go back there while wearing a wire. On four separate occasions, Pennsylvania state officers were stationed outside and listened to a live recording of him making arrangements for sex. The point at which both parties verbally agreed to their transaction is when the officers were supposed to barge in immediately and make an arrest. But the officers stayed put and laughed among themselves as they listened for the entire duration of this man’s sexual trysts on all four …show more content…
Ultimately, the internal investigation concluded that this sex scam may have been in place for as many as 15 years. These aren’t isolated incidents as news reports of police officers being swept up in prostitution sting operations are fairly common. In fact, that kind of hypocrisy was highlighted by an officer featured on the TV show Dallas SWAT. A&E’s camera crew captured footage of this SWAT team conducting a variety of raids, including prostitution raids, but one of its members had to later be fired after internal investigators found that he had paid for sex with a prostitute at a cheap
Police officials routinely insist that these kinds of sting operations improve …show more content…
For instance, one man was angered while visiting a massage parlor in Lehigh Valley, PA after the woman offered him some “VIP” services. This man was certainly upset, but it wasn’t for moralistic reasons; instead, he took issue with the fact that he didn’t have enough money to pay for the “happy ending.” Thereupon, he informed the local police about the illegal conduct inside of this establishment and they decided to pay him as a confidential informant to go back there while wearing a wire. On four separate occasions, Pennsylvania state officers were stationed outside and listened to a live recording of him making arrangements for sex. The point at which both parties verbally agreed to their transaction is when the officers were supposed to barge in immediately and make an arrest. But the officers stayed put and laughed among themselves as they listened for the entire duration of this man’s sexual trysts on all four …show more content…
Ultimately, the internal investigation concluded that this sex scam may have been in place for as many as 15 years. These aren’t isolated incidents as news reports of police officers being swept up in prostitution sting operations are fairly common. In fact, that kind of hypocrisy was highlighted by an officer featured on the TV show Dallas SWAT. A&E’s camera crew captured footage of this SWAT team conducting a variety of raids, including prostitution raids, but one of its members had to later be fired after internal investigators found that he had paid for sex with a prostitute at a cheap