In what many law enforcement agencies are calling at best, highly dubious, and at worst unethical and illegal, it seems that one of the Sheriff Departments here in Virginia are going the extra mile in their efforts to arrest prostitutes!  It seems they are not waiting for the women to propostion them, no they are actually getting the real evidence!

It seems deputies in Spottsylvania County (that is right outside Fredericksburg) Va are actually having sex with the prostitutes! (But only the single ones - Married ones are kept off this special detail). Part of the rationale, according to officials, is that some of the prostitutes do not speak english, so getting them or offer soliticitation is kind of hard without doing the deed.

While some of the county Supervisors have questioned the practice, they seem to trust the Sheriff's judgement in this case, even though other localities close by are able to make arrests without going that far.

The article does not say what the conviction rate is, but I would suspect it is near 100% - for the hookers.