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April 16, 2014 / 8:25 AM

St. Louis police using postcard to shame 'johns' who get prostitutes

Program will begin in Carondelet and Holly Hills neighborhoods.

ST. LOUIS, April 16 (UPI) -- In an effort to crack down on “johns" who are soliciting prostitutes in town, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will begin sending a postcard to men who are caught trying to pick up ladies of the night.

The postcard reminds the johns that their “lewd, lascivious and/or suggestive behavior (including but not limited to prostitution, solicitation and prostitution loitering) are a violation of city ordinance and state law” and includes a court date.

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If you come to the First District soliciting prostitutes, be warned that this card will be sent to your home. pic.twitter.com/9eHV6592Se
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) April 14, 2014

If prostitutes didn't have customers, they'd be put out of business. My goal is to put them out of business. Going after johns.
— Captain Dan Howard (@CaptainDan301) April 14, 2014

The program will debut in the neighborhoods of Carondelet and Holly Hills.

Citizens have issued complaints of "johns" soliciting them in their communities. It's degrading AND illegal.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) April 14, 2014

"If patronizing prostitutes is an action you are thinking of participating in, this is a warning, the stakes have gone up." @CaptainDan301
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— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) April 14, 2014

[KSDK]

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