The lack of prostitution arrests contrasts with the volume police handled in the weeks leading up to APEC. “You don’t want an embarrassing situation to happen.” From Six a Week to None “It’s definitely something we want to think about,” he told the Associated Press. Meanwhile human trafficking experts and city officials had talked about an expected influx of prostitutes to Waikiki, where the rush of visitors might be seen as a prime business opportunity.Įven Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle thought that prostitution might be a problem during APEC. It also invested $60,000 for 3,000 Taser cartridges and $13,000 for a long-range loudspeaker. The inventory had included 25,000 pepper spray projectiles for nearly $90,000 and 18,000 units of bean bag ammunition for more than $60,000. In advance of the APEC meetings, the police department had loaded up on “non-lethal” weapon technologies.
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Monday marked the eleventh full day since the last time HPD officers made a prostitution-related arrest. The seven arrests police did make in Waikiki included trespassing, disorderly conduct and drug possession violations, according to a Civil Beat review of the Honolulu Police Department‘s arrest logs. Two cop cars parked outside the Waikiki Trade Center for most of the night paid them no heed.Ĭloser to 1 a.m., at least three more women started trolling for customers. Around 10 p.m., there were at least five women who appeared to be prostitutes walking the streets wearing their signature lucite stilettos.
It’s not like there weren’t any prostitutes working the streets of Waikiki during APEC.Ĭivil Beat on Friday night visited “the track” on Kuhio where prostitutes are known to pick up customers. Yet, Honolulu police made only seven arrests in Waikiki during the week-long APEC summit - all for nonviolent crimes, and none for prostitution. Judging by the thousands of “non-lethal” projectiles amassed by Honolulu police, and the blaring headlines forecasting an influx of prostitutes to Waikiki for APEC, you’d think HPD’s booking log would be overflowing with arrests.
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