EDITORIAL: Look out for the lap dance police, Lt. Karen Hughes says some dancers deliberately arouse patrons

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/look-out-for-t...e-63741267.html

Solid editorial; read link.
I don't understand why this is a priority for Vegas Police.
Two consenting adults in an adult club conducting the business of erotic entertainment.
Why do the cops want to start getting involved and take away the dancers' livelihood?
Isn't this going to push more girls into prostitution as a result since they can't earn
a living from lap dances in clubs.
Isn't 'deliberately arousing patrons' the whole fucking point to all of this?
Isn't this why these clubs fucking exist?
fuck.

Sounds like a great job for vice cops, undercovercover lap dance investigator. Is it too late to start a 2nd career ? Then you get the obvious kickback BJ once you alert strip club owner of infraction and he tries to dissuade you with his hottest girl. Really ? They can't see the possibility this is going to cause more problems than the initial issue ?

Every city at this point has moved away from true crime and are simply looking for revenue generators at this point.

This is indicative of the problem of the contradictory existence Las Vegas leads.

Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas (and all of Clark County), yet the city markets itself as an "anything goes" environment that implies prostitution is okay. Indeed, many people visit Vegas with plans to exchange money for some form of sex, whether with a stripper or so-called "escort".

This leaves law enforcement in a tough spot. If they completely ignore the prostitution in strip clubs, they are failing to enforce the law. If they clamp down on it, they are wasting resources on victimless crimes.

The solution for this is to revisit the anti-prostitution law in Clark County, and see if it really makes sense, given the environment Vegas is attempting to sell to the public. You can't fault the cops for doing their job.

Buster is also correct that a lot of this is being done to generate revenue. Anything involving a "ticket" usually means the city simply wants to make more money.

It's just about putting up a front. Strip clubs around here are pretty lax, and occastionally they send in undercover to bust the club.

1) Club gets fined.
2) Cops get the press.
3) Housewives and conservatives are happy.
4) Nipple tape and no-touch policy in affect.
5) Customers get pissed, and go to other clubs.
6) Things return to normal after a couple of weeks.
7) Rinse & repeat.

IMO they should do more about fat, crossdressing men in front of the fountains at the Bellagio.

I have had nightmares since I left Vegas.

Sounds like a "good way" to clamp down on those strip clubs that don't pay their licensing fees on time, as well those who keep profits under the table, as supposed to the "moral highground" reason that law enforcement tells us.

Watch blowjobs be illegal in certain states by 2030. Then we can finally have a reason to either start civil war, or have states print their own currency, b/c apparently high unemployment, crime, and bank mischief isn't enough to get people upset.

i need one of these immediately. and weekly from here on out. tyvm in advance.

This they can't do. As long as nobody is paying for it. In Lawrence v. Texas (2005), Supreme Court struck down Texas' anti-sodomy law, which along with a few other cases makes it pretty clear that you can't regulate what goes on in private between two consenting adults. The difference with the lapdances is that they are in a public place and someone is paying for it.