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Police crackdown on Burnley prostitute hotspots
10:45am Thursday 2nd September 2010 in
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- By Jon Livesey » Reporter
PROSTITUTES and kerb-crawlers who plague Burnley streets were last night targeted in a major police operation.
Plain clothes and uniformed officers swooped on sex workers and punters in ‘hot spots’ in the Daneshouse, Stoneyholme and Bank Hall areas.
The activity was organised after residents complained about prostitutes touting for business and performing sex acts just yards from their homes.
They told police that kerb-crawlers also cruised the streets on the lookout for working girls.
It was the latest disruptive action by police aiming to win the war on prostitution in the town.
Officers said those arrested for prostitution would be referred to partner agencies for treatment and support as they seek to implement a long-term solution to the problem.
Last night police patrolled areas of Colne Road, Ormerod Road, Barden Lane and Church Street.
Police haved warned that anyone found kerb-crawling will be arrested and motorists acting suspicious will have warning letters sent by police to their homes.
When someone is prosecuted for kerb-crawling, police can apply for an order which would see them disqualified from driving.
Sergeant Carole Langhorn, of Burnley Police, hailed last night’s action - the latest phase of Operation Kerb - a major success.
She said: “This is something we take very seriously.
"It is an issue that has been raised a number of times by residents at police and communities together (PACT) meetings and this action reassures those people that we are addressing their concerns.
“Residents have contacted us about this issue and the anti-social behaviour attached to it.
"Finding used syringes and condoms isn’t nice for people living in these areas and we want to show them we are doing our best to crackdown on the problem.”
Last October a three-year strategy offering help and assistance to street workers, instead of criminalising them, was launched in Lancashire.
Since then, 18 people have been arrested on suspicion of prostitution or kerb-crawling in the town.
Police said five women had left prostitution, another five had been placed in treatment programmes and three had moved out of the area.
In Burnley, police, NHS East Lancashire and Burnley Council have co-ordinated efforts under the Triangle Project.
Prostitutes are offered help with any social, drugs or alcohol problems, while kerb crawlers are offered the chance of a conditional caution, and a three-hour education course, rather than a criminal record.
Sgt Langhorn said the women arrested last night were taken to Burnley Police Station, where they could speak to an outreach worker.
She said: “We can get engagement orders through the court which force the girls to get treatment for drugs or alcohol issues.
“If they are given a fine they end up working on the streets even more to pay it off, so it defeats the object.
“This is a longer term solution to getting people off the streets.”
To report any anti-social behaviour, including prostitution, call police on 0845 125 3545 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Comments(22)
nelson claret
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11:49am Thu 2 Sep 10
My opinion on this is, why are the kerb crawlers treated as the more serious criminals than the prostitutes? Why are prostitutes offered help and support that hard working tax paying citizens can only dream about should they ever require it for whatever reason? At a time when frontline council workers providing vital resources to the community are not just being cut but being phased out all together to save hard working taxpayers cash, wouldnt it be a better use of taxpayers money to just lock these women up like the criminals they are? I have no sympathy for these women because there is ALWAYS a real alternative, they made this choice and they should have to live with the repurcussions of engaging in criminal activities - PRISON!! But hey, we don't even bother to send dangerous criminals to prison for any significant amounts of time anymore do we so whats the chance of these who live in a self perpetuating circle of crime being sent there?
Janet Dodd
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12:32pm Thu 2 Sep 10
ste.g
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12:56pm Thu 2 Sep 10
just a thought?
Markus Spartacus
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1:15pm Thu 2 Sep 10
duke bar
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1:15pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Brennand St is also being used by Prostitutes.
Maybe we should legalise it, like in Holland.
Colne Road was once a beautiful area of Burnley not anymore. Its sad to see.
cathedral citi
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1:22pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Janet Dodd wrote:bravo.......it's high time, that the oldest profession in the world was brought into the 21st century.....it must be stamped out in resdential areas, and moved to industrial areas. It's a profession that is NOT going to go away.....forward thinking nations, like the netherlands and Germany, have long since regulated it, and associated crimes have decreased..... i detest, and find it abhorrent, that prostitues use the streets to ply their trade.....decriminal
We need to get these girls off the streets and into licensed brothels where they are monitored for drug use - after all that's the majority of their raisen'detre. Drugs need to be legalised but administered by health professionals and taken at the point of administration. Take away the criminal element and you take away the criminal.
isation, and moving it to out of town industrial areas is the best option......maybe a rented unit, paid for by their clientele, will eradicate the risk of public indecency. Not all prostitutes are on drugs, and many do it to earn a living. as for the ones on drugs, ensure that they receive professional medical assistance for their addiction.........Ta
x their income.......we need to be realistic with the issues..........
MargretofBurnley
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1:23pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Maybe it all fits in with the grooming of young white girls, plyed with drugs and alcohol with a need to feed their nasty habit...easy answer - this must be where their drug suppliers are (those that bring it in from foreign countries)! maybe they should think of a massive drug crackdown in the area - might solve the prostitute problem. - oh and throw in a crackdown on GROOMING to, tackle the ROOT issue of the problem!!!!
Tetley Drinker
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2:04pm Thu 2 Sep 10
cathedral citi
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2:10pm Thu 2 Sep 10
MargretofBurnley wrote:you're spot on! culturally, the women of these areas tend to be more chaste, hence depriving the local males of what is, after all, a need. i don't doubt, that certain individuals will groom therefore, young girls, for their vile acts.......but there are two issues here.......one is the grooming aspect, of vulnerable girls, where they will probably be given alcohol, and or drugs in exchange for sex, and the other aspect, is the streetwise prostitute, earning hard cash, either as a living, or to feed drug habit. Either way, it's shameful, and street prostiiiues nee to be taken off the streets, and social issues addressed openly, and without fear or fervour
Daneshouse, Stoneyholme and Bank Hall areas?? One has to ponder the question why these areas? but not for too long the answers are obvious. Maybe it all fits in with the grooming of young white girls, plyed with drugs and alcohol with a need to feed their nasty habit...easy answer - this must be where their drug suppliers are (those that bring it in from foreign countries)! maybe they should think of a massive drug crackdown in the area - might solve the prostitute problem. - oh and throw in a crackdown on GROOMING to, tackle the ROOT issue of the problem!!!!
Tetley Drinker
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2:43pm Thu 2 Sep 10
The general lack of "available" women in Muslim communities and the fact white women were for deeply entrenched cultural reasons out of bounds for a long time led to the imporation of practices in Muslim countries of young pakistani lads being procured for paid sex by older men in their own communites.
Thankfully given the growth of organised prostitution and greater availability of white women this has now ceased. It has protected young, vulnerable lads in these communities : their older counterparts having been scarred for life by these foreign practices.
Hence my idea of a tolerance zone near Gawthorpe. Work it out.
nelson claret
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4:33pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Tetley Drinker
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4:36pm Thu 2 Sep 10
nelson claret
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4:43pm Thu 2 Sep 10
madari
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4:59pm Thu 2 Sep 10
MargretofBurnley wrote:Madari the snake charmer says:
Daneshouse, Stoneyholme and Bank Hall areas?? One has to ponder the question why these areas? but not for too long the answers are obvious. Maybe it all fits in with the grooming of young white girls, plyed with drugs and alcohol with a need to feed their nasty habit...easy answer - this must be where their drug suppliers are (those that bring it in from foreign countries)! maybe they should think of a massive drug crackdown in the area - might solve the prostitute problem. - oh and throw in a crackdown on GROOMING to, tackle the ROOT issue of the problem!!!!
If the police take this issue seriously, like thay say, then i suggest they take their war on prostitution into the nearby mosques and target the punters there.
burnleyvoter
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6:08pm Thu 2 Sep 10
That's why the girls should be helped - and those who groom, pimp and use them should be charged.
And perhaps it's time for the Asian community to start letting their children meet and marry one another by choice rather than having to marry according to their parent's wishes.
I suspect it's all about making money from pimping these girls really though.
pez63
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6:47pm Thu 2 Sep 10
duke bar wrote:Thought there was something going on lastnight,i could not find a B`Job anywhere,ended up having to ask the neighbour again,not bad if she takes her teeth out,but a bit of fresh is always welcome so will checkout all those places this week,cheers dukebar,keep me posted if you can suggest anymore hot spots,thanks
This has been going on for years on Colne road ,Able Street and Daneshouse Road. Brennand St is also being used by Prostitutes. Maybe we should legalise it, like in Holland. Colne Road was once a beautiful area of Burnley not anymore. Its sad to see.
duke bar
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8:02pm Thu 2 Sep 10
pez63
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10:06pm Thu 2 Sep 10
duke bar wrote:No point,backdoor is jammed,just wondering if your mums busy later i was looking for her last night on Colne Rd Able St Daneshouse Rd and Brennand St then somebody said she had gone home early to avoid the law cuz of fines and stuff but i put them streight that she won`t have gone cuz of the law,she will have gone home to shoot some more gear up her arm,just then some dude ask me if i had met her son the gay one with bad breath spots and no friends lives round duke bar area you know the one his mums on the game.
Pez try your mams house.
skinmanbfc
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7:39am Fri 3 Sep 10
tution,grooming.. it all boils down to the same problem which is much higher up the ladder.. sort the scumbags out who have no feelings towards white women. their just seen as a buisness opportunity.
HarwoodBiker
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8:35am Fri 3 Sep 10
You read the papers too much. You're like a bunch of flies around ****. You read these stories, your **** boils, and you suddenly become enraged and start spouting buzzwords like "GROOMING" and "DRUGS" and "YOUNG GIRLS". You know, those phrases that the papers use to shock you into buying a copy. You can't form an opinion of your own; you just read the vitriolic cack in papers like this and believe it. Idiots.
I agree that it should be legalised. A problem won't go away just because you keep pushing it under the carpet. It will just drive the "profession" further and further underground and make it even more dangerous for the girls who work on the streets. It's the same story with drugs. Make it legal, and there will *be* no underground drug/prostitution trade.
duke bar
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12:45pm Fri 3 Sep 10
pez63 wrote:Pez.
duke bar wrote: Pez try your mams house.No point,backdoor is jammed,just wondering if your mums busy later i was looking for her last night on Colne Rd Able St Daneshouse Rd and Brennand St then somebody said she had gone home early to avoid the law cuz of fines and stuff but i put them streight that she won`t have gone cuz of the law,she will have gone home to shoot some more gear up her arm,just then some dude ask me if i had met her son the gay one with bad breath spots and no friends lives round duke bar area you know the one his mums on the game.
Use your own material please . ha ha.
I said try your MAM. Looks you did. ha ha.
At least you got it for free.ha ha.
Your not a kerb crawler your a Grannie pumper. ha ha
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time.team says...
11:35am Thu 2 Sep 10
Sorry to but in Burnleyite36!
There has been little mentioned about this long established drug related problem here in Blackburn ever since it was given some concern last year. It was brought about in Blackburn by what was being done in Burnley so will we be seeing something done again in Blackburn.
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PS - Just to save all those sending in comments for legalised prostitution could I inform those that prostitution is NOT illegal.
BUT STREET PROSTITUTION IS!