Dallas took a step Wednesday to clamp down on a surge in prostitution activity being reported around the city. All the women are controlled by pimps, male pimps who watch their every move and take the money when they get through with the job," said Northwest Dallas resident William Martin. Legitimate businesses have security video that shows the nuisance they say has grown since enforcement of the manifesting prostitution law stopped.
Police said the law allowed patrol officers to cite people for solicitation activity without proving an actual sex act. I wish it was bigger, but those partnerships, working with patrol, is one of the ways we get our job done," Dallas Police Major Devon Palk said. He said existing state laws allow police to build criminal cases against sex traffickers, and that is what police should be doing. This is not getting to the root cause," Bazaldua said.
Police said they are working on human trafficking, but the City Council majority told police also to get busy enforcing the manifestation code. Dallas Attorney Gary Krupkin successfully challenged the previous version and said he would challenge the new one if a client charged with the violation came forward.
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