Question on LE and sting operations

Several issues exist with AMPs, least of which is "fixed" location. With neighbors, businesses, and "street visibility."

Other issue is that virtually all communities have "massage licensing" requirements and it is flat against the city ordinance to advertise, offer, or actually perform "massage" unless the establishment is licensed and at least one operator is also fully licensed and perhaps thus supervising other operators.

Pretty difficult to conceal any of the above from LE, and as a routine matter, LE or perhaps city administrative officers regularly inspect such establishments. And make it a point to inspect/examine all new such establishments.

You left out a big link in your chain of events: The UC cop getting into the AMP. Prudent AMPs screen, too. Back when I was younger and more full of jism, I used to have AMPs and various other types of whorehouses as clients. I'd advise the owners and conduct seminars for the girls on how to avoid breaking the law. Another missing link in your hypothetical chain leading to a bust is the girl making an offer or accepting an offer of sex for money (you used the word "solicited," but that form of prostitution must occur in a public place, and the inside of an SOB is not a public place).

Now this doesn't mean that AMP workers and owners don't get arrested. What sometimes happens is a girl will get careless and commit prostitution with an undercover officer. The cop will get an arrest warrant and return with a cadre of men in blue to raid the house of ill repute and haul everybody off in a paddy-wagon.

The other part of your hypothetical presents a different scenario: Cops running a fake AMP. I don't see how that could be done, on a practical basis. Even if an AMP is infiltrated or shut down, the cops can't just move in to run a fake AMP. The property owner still owns the property. The DA could seek a civil forfeiture of the property as having been used in the commission of crimes, but that's a public process. I can also see P.R. problems for a PD running a whorehouse.

"Probable cause" may be defined as "apparent facts discovered through logical inquiry that would lead a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that an accused person has committed a crime, thereby warranting his or her prosecution." Reviews on a website aren't enough to create probable cause because of the difficulty of proving a review is authentic and because of the hearsay rule. There is a piece stickied in this forum on this topic, but the author is notoriously unreliable:

"Can a review be used as evidence in a prostitution case?" Originally Posted by ShysterJon

I understand the meaning of probable cause, and thus, a probable cause warrant. BUT why would such a warrant be issued nearly three years after the alleged incident took place, when there were no bookings made at the time? The involves an extradition from another state.

I understand the meaning of probable cause, and thus, a probable cause warrant. BUT why would such a warrant be issued nearly three years after the alleged incident took place, when there were no bookings made at the time? The involves an extradition from another state. Originally Posted by saikman

Speaking of stale conduct, why are you asking a question about something in a thread from Oct. 2013? Who gives a flying fuck?

Speaking of stale conduct, why are you asking a question about something in a thread from Oct. 2013? Who gives a flying fuck? Originally Posted by ShysterJon

Advice is certainly worth what I paid...

Do you want a receipt?