Tampa Adult Entertainment: Violent crime down, prostitution up in St. Petersburg

September 2, 2010

Violent crime down, prostitution up in St. Petersburg
Published: September 2, 2010
Updated: 04:03 pm
ST. PETERSBURG – Violent crime is down, murders are about the same and the numbers on auto theft, a crime that historically has bedeviled police here, are looking spectacular.
There was, however, one interesting blip in a succession of descending lines that were part of Police Chief Chuck Harmon’s presentation to the city council Thursday.
Prostitution arrests are way up.
The number of prostitution arrests made during the first seven months of this year was up almost a third over the same time period last year.
At the same time, however, people are complaining less about prostitution. Prostitution-related calls for service went down almost 30 percent.

“Our prostitution initiatives have increased and consequently if they are being effective, we would anticipate the calls from citizens would be less,” said Mike Puetz, St. Petersburg police spokesman.

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