Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here. Photo by annierobbins via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Over the last three weeks, twenty-five people -- 11 suspected prostitutes, one suspected pimp and 13 alleged "johns" -- have been arrested as part of a prostitution crackdown in Hawthorne, said police.
Increased enforcement began Feb. Gary Tomatani of the Hawthorne Police Department. Female police officers posing as prostitutes walked the sidewalks near Imperial and Hawthorne Boulevard from a. Propositioning motorists were arrested by a nearby police team.
Four have already been granted by a judge, and the others are are pending processing through the courts. As Hawthorne police continue their anti-prostitution ops they ask anyone with information to call the department at Support for LAist comes from.
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