http://m.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2011-12-02/front_page/mayor_takes_strong_stance_against_illicit_massage_.html

For those that don't think LE reads EMP reviews check this article out.

Simi Valley Mayor speaking of massage parlor websites..."Like a restaurant,they are rating these masseuses for their erotic skills"

Simi Valley PD says they already know most if not all of the parlors listed online and monitor those websites.

This Mayor has received complaints from nearby business owners and you know he will bow to political pressure on this. Another great use of taxpayer funds. Watch your ass in Simi

Hey thanks for this JT. It help us out to be better informed.

For instance, I read this in the article:

"Still, it is difficult for officers to make an arrest because of the way prostitution is defined under the law. For an undercover cop to make an arrest, there must be solicitation of a sex act in exchange for money, not just the act itself."

This is why I try to stay with places I know, and try not to negotiate anything until finished.

"This is why I try to stay with places I know, and try not to negotiate anything until finished."

And THAT, my friend, is DAMN good basic tradecraft! Stick with it! I violated that very basic element that is part of my own approach just yesterday though, I have to admit. It was my 1st visit to a fairly recently opened AMP and my 1st time with this lady, though I'd gotten kind of an insider's segue to set it up as the owner and I know each other from her former AMP and she wasn't working, but she called the AMP and told the young lady I was going to see that I was coming over and gave her my name. So, after the flip when she left me completely uncovered and started working oil around Ground Zero and brushing the missile and giggled, then she tapped the rising wood and held up 4 fingers and asked, "Okay?" I nodded assent.

THAT is precisely what NOT to do. If I'd not been extremely comfortable with the particular AMP and known that she'd been told to take care of me - + I knew that she and I were the only ones in the AMP at the time - then I'd have acted confused or just closed my eyes or else jsut taken matters into my own hands for a DIY self-serve finish.

Be careful, Dudes. When you KNOW for a fact - like thru media attention as is included above to start this thread - that there's scrutiny and an effort devoted to your local target area of operation within the AMP zone you frequent, then you absolutely have to know that it's gotten hella dicey.

The Ventura D.A. does not B.S. around with pimping and pandering prosecutions [meaning, they take them VERY, VERY seriously!] and there's a long history of the office going back many, many years of shutting places down from Oxnard to Simi. Hell, I'd think it'd be smart just to cross jurisdictions by driving over into the SFV a ways to some of the hot spots there as the L.A. D.A.'s Office doesn't have near the rep of vice crime op's that you're looking at with a Simi bust.

Be safe, Bro's.