WASHINGTON — D.C.’s summer crackdown on johns has netted 157 men since the middle of July, D.C. Police announced Wednesday.
It reported eight new arrests in recent days.
“What we’ve seen is a resurgence of the showgirl prostitution, where the girls are out on the streets cruising, getting picked up and going into alleys,” says D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 2, who represents an area targeted by the crackdown.
The prostitution enforcement operation began July 14.
Evans says he believes D.C. wasn’t proactive enough in the spring, which allowed the increase in prostitution.
Also, he says he believes the rise in showgirl prostitution reflects uneasiness about going online.
“Too many times somebody sets up an appointment, goes to the hotel and gets caught because they’re running these undercover entrapments, which are good,” he says.
