Stopping sex workers 'waiting for business' in Ilford - BBC London

It's getting late and Clair Patterson is patrolling in a street policing scheme that's now growing. We have introduced fifty volunteers from the local community and they really want to get involved. Volunteers are better able to report what they see. There is no intervention nor is it given to them. a few basic tools a torch a person their role is really to observe and report, but this street policing team says there is a problem in Ilford Lane now and they can't stop them from carrying out their sexual acts in people's front gardens, so Still, it's a long way from For one thing, a resident named Barrington who didn't want to give his full name.

Love We were taken on a tour of Alfred Lane on a Tuesday night hoping there would be work. It's so obvious that it's not true. What are they doing on Ilford Lane? At a quarter to twelve we were unable to independently confirm residents' claims that these women are prostitutes, but residents say they have been collecting and sharing their evidence using a social media app, a stop on the corner of the street looking for

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while I'm talking to young men, it's not normal for my 16 year old daughters to get off the bus and walk home and have to pass by a prostitute;

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now wants is people who are stopped by police or law enforcement officers to be named and shamed if they are successful we should be able to publish their name and possibly their photographs if he gathers that evidence to use for the benefit of local residents who Fed up with relief at seeing these prostitutes on our streets in Eden, the Met says it sympathizes with the community and shares their concerns, but publicly identifying people arrested for crawling on pavements is a step too far from the past where no We have sent letters to those particular prostitutes.

What could also happen is that when the public has a photograph of someone, they could act as vigilantes. I think in naming and shaming we have to be very careful, very careful, because we certainly do that. I don't want to inadvertently catch people who weren't there for the wrong reasons and are legitimately there. Police and the council are promising a new crackdown that will involve up to 14 office residents watching to see if this drives away women they believe are prostitutes. Gareth Fobic BBC London News