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Police arrest more men involved in prostitution than prostitutes by Vickie Vértiz State data recently released shows that Orange Country police are arresting less women and more men who are involved in sex work, said the Register. One reason for the change is that some agencies now consider sex workers as “victims of abuse rather than criminals,” said the paper, and are connecting some women with counseling and not jail. County agencies, in 2013, recorded the “fewest female arrests since 2001 and the most male arrests since 2006,” said the paper. However, arrests for women still “eclipsed male arrests,” but the gap was the smallest it has been in ten years. “You will see a trend for more male arrests, because [officers are] going after those who put the girls on the streets,” Anaheim police spokesman Lieutenant Bob Dunn told the Register. “[…] our focus […] countywide is getting […] to those individuals instead of trying to arrest our way out of this problem.” Police have tried every strategy to deter prostitution including cracking down on each component of the sex work economy
least one gunshot wound to his upper body. He was transported to UCI Medical Center by Anaheim Fire & Rescue Paramedics and shortly after arrival, he was pronounced deceased. No other people were injured. Following the death of McMoore, Anaheim Police Homicide Detectives responded to continue the investigation. With the assistance of information
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from numerous witnesses, two suspects were identified. Adam Jay Stone, 28 (01-05-87), of Anaheim and Ransom Lee Cook, 24 (03-25-90), of Westminster were arrested at the Anaheim Police Department. A short time ago, both were booked at the Anaheim Police Department Temporary Detention Facility for Please see page 2
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that 76 percent of the prostitution arrests involved women. That data decreased to 64 percent in 2013, which is a huge decline after very little change in the last ten years. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and the Please see page 4
Two Suspects Arrested for Twila Reid Park Homicide On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 4:50 P.M., Anaheim Police Officers were called to Twila Reid Park - 3100 West Orange Avenue - to investigate a shooting. Arriving Officers located a male victim, in his late 20’s, near the basketball courts on the north side of the park. The victim, who was later identified as Alexander Raymond McMoore, 29, of Anaheim, was suffering from at
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Anaheim Union’s corporate- mentoring program launched January 14, matching 45 students with Kaiser Permanente professionals who will provide them with hands-on experience and career guidance. The P21 Community Mentoring Program is the outgrowth of a partnership among the District, the city of Anaheim, business, community, and government leaders. It took hold last spring when some 200 AUHSD students presented more than 5,000 petitions to the Anaheim City Council urging officials to participate. The mentoring initiative followed Anaheim’s designation as the nation’s first Partnership for 21s’ Century Skills, or P21, city. The Partnership for 21s’ Century Skills was founded as a coalition bringing together the business community, education leaders and policymakers to help students prepare for 21s’ Century careers. Student participants selected for the experience are sophomores from Magnolia, Western, and Savanna high schools who currently participate in CSUF’s GEAR UP college-prep program. Many are considered at risk because they come from disadvantaged backgrounds, yet they exhibit leadership potential and a drive to better themselves. Welcoming the participants to the mentoring program were Kaiser Permanente Executive Director Mark Costa, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait, AUHSD Superintendent Michael B. Matsuda, and Darren Bush, associate vice president for student
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which includes the sellers, buyers, and organizers, or as the paper called them, pimps. Sex workers are the easiest to find given predominantly male police forces which would have to find female officers to arrest pimps, said the paper. From 2003 and 2012, Orange County saw
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