I particularly like how a real prostitute approached the undercover policewoman and warned her that the police were around.  Read the whole story at The Sacramento Bee…

Sex customers are target of Watt Avenue sting
From Sarah Frier:

Twin Rivers detective Margueritte Dias wore big hoop earrings and a low, white tank top. She went by the name “Cici.”

She was one of five detectives and deputies Thursday night posing as prostitutes on Watt Avenue so Sacramento County sheriff’s personnel could arrest the “johns” — men who pay prostitutes for sex. By midnight, they’d arrested about 16 men and one prostitute.

Dias’ get-up must have been convincing, because a real prostitute approached and warned her that the cops were around, she said.

“I was like, ‘Aw, shoot, girl.’ ” Dias said, getting into character. “We talk a little street talk.”

She and others acting as prostitutes were hooked up to microphones so their transactions could be recorded. The johns were arrested once they arrived in a hotel room with the undercover officers.

Problem Oriented Policing operations, under which Thursday’s sting operated, have resulted in about 260 prostitution-related arrests during the last year and a half, said Deputy Kate Adams, organizer of Thursday’s operation.

The johns are charged with solicitation for prostitution and usually get about 10 days in jail and a fine and have their vehicles impounded, Adams said.