(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 20 and 21, 2013.
A total of 18 John/Males were arrested. 10 of these 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 eight were charged with a variety of offenses including communicating for the purpose of prostitution, mischief, offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act, breach of conditions from a previous judiciary release. A total of 15 criminal charges were laid.
The Ottawa Police Service conducts enforcement in response to community complaints as one of their strategies to prostitution-related issues.