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National Day of Johns Arrests is a bit of a misnomer. Rather than limiting their activities to a 24-hour period, law enforcers set aside the period between January 15 to February 1 to target johns -- clients of prostitutes. A total of 37 agencies reportedly participated nationwide, including the Denver Police Department. The result was scores of arrests and, presumably, a lot of imagined coitus interruptus. Look below to see the number of arrests per state and city, courtesy of 9News, as well as images and a video from a PBS piece on National Day of Johns Arrests.
See also: Johns Photos From Denver Cops' Reverse Prostitution Stings, published May 2012
Arizona
Phoenix PD (22 johns)
California
Alameda District Attorney's Office, Alameda County Vice Enforcement Team and Hayward PD (combined 11 johns)
Oakland PD (12 johns)
Georgia
Alpharetta PD (3 johns)
DeKalb PD (3 johns)
Illinois
Cook County Sheriff's Office (25 solo johns arrests)
Aurora PD (2 johns)
Broadview PD (15 johns in partnership with CCSO)
Lansing PD (5 johns in partnership with CCSO)
Lake County Sheriff's Office (19 johns)
Matteson PD (16 johns in partnership with CCSO)
Massachusetts
Boston PD (21 johns)
Continue for more about the National Day of Johns Arrests, including more photos and a video. Minnesota
Minneapolis PD and St. Paul PD (3 johns)
Nevada
Las Vegas PD (5 johns)
Reno PD (14 johns)
North Dakota
Minot PD (13 johns)
Ohio
Cincinnati PD (16 johns)
Dayton PD (20 johns)
Riverside PD (11 johns)
Oregon
Portland PD (21 johns)
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh PD (23 johns)
South Carolina
Greenville County Sheriff's Office (18 johns)
Continue for more about the National Day of Johns Arrests, including more photos and a video. Texas
Harris County Sheriff's Office (100 johns)
Houston PD (48 johns)
Texas Department of Public Safety (14 johns)
Tennessee
Memphis PD (19 johns)
Virginia
Newport News PD (12 johns)
Washington
Seattle PD (59 johns)
Colorado
Denver PD (20 johns)
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