Hawaii police fight for exemption allowing them to have sex with prostitutes...

Laws are for the little people...

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police officers have urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations, touching off a heated debate.

Authorities say they need the legal protection to catch lawbreakers in the act. Critics, including human trafficking experts and other police, say it's unnecessary and could further victimize sex workers, many of whom have been forced into the trade.

Police haven't said how often — or even if — they use the provision. And when they asked legislators to preserve it, they made assurances that internal policies and procedures are in place to prevent officers from taking advantage of it.

But expert Derek Marsh says the exemption is "antiquated at best" and that police can easily do without it.

"It doesn't help your case, and at worst you further traumatize someone. And do you think he or she is going to trust a cop again?" asked Marsh, who trains California police in best practices on human trafficking cases and twice has testified to Congress about the issue.

I wonder is Hawaii police wear their ninja outfits when they are doing a prostitute? 

Weird News: Pittsburgh Prostitutes Now Take Gift Cards

This explains the woman in Wal-mart wearing fishnet stockings and a miniskirt.

CORAPOLIS, Pa. -- People plying the world's oldest profession near Pittsburgh International Airport are increasingly being compensated with a modern form of currency: gift cards.

Moon Township police Chief Leo McCarthy tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that more prostitutes are being arrested with gift cards in their possession, instead of large amounts of cash.

"You automatically believe cash is an ill-gotten gain," McCarthy said. "But if you see a couple of gift cards, you might not think twice. It's just another game people play."

The prostitutes are using the gift cards to try to avoid having their illegal wages seized when they're arrested.