Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (REPP) Community Policing/ Problem Solving Effort � The police chose a neighborhood with an historical � prostitution problem The police enlisted community support to ensure � success with this endeavor Police conducted community surveys in the � selected community County jail conducted surveys, of the prostitution � population to find out if services were available to break the cycle of prostitution would they use them.
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (REPP) John School-REPP program began in November 1999. � John School Class is held at the East Liberty � Presbyterian Church, hugh community church that sits in the heart of the community. Classes are held every other month, for a total of six (6) � times a year. The session consist of five (5) segments: Laws Against � Prostitution, Street Facts, STD’s, Not a Victimless Crime and Neighborhood Concerns. An evaluation is conducted at the end of the day long � session.
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (REPP The REPP program has been in existence for nine (9) � years Over 500 hundred participants only two (2) repeaters � The sister program to REPP began in 2000, which grew � into the PRIDE- Program for Reintegration Development and Empowerment of Exploited Individuals. PRIDE, supports survivors of prostitution with case � management, drug or alcohol rehabilitation and holistic wrap around social services approach as an attempt to break the cycle of prostitution.
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