(Ottawa) In an ongoing effort to deal with community identified prostitution and prostitution related problems, the Ottawa Police Service conducted a prostitution John sweep in Vanier on November 4 and 5, 2013.
A total of 16 John/Males arrests were made. Eleven adult males qualified to attend the Pre-charge Diversion Program, which includes attending “John†School. “John School†is a project that applies a restorative justice approach to the effects of prostitution within our communities and focuses on education.
The remaining five were charged with a variety of offenses including communicating for the purpose of prostitution, mischief, solicitation. One of the five males charged criminally were charged additionally for refusal to provide breath sample, weapons dangerous, carrying concealed weapons. A total of thirteen criminal charges were laid.
The Ottawa Police Service conducts enforcement in response to community complaints as one of their strategies to prostitution-related issues.