Forum Newsfront

September, 1978

Getting ToughDetroit--In their efforts to combat local prostitution, county and city officials are planning to seize the automobiles of persons cruising in search of hookers. The authorities believe they can scare off potential customers for prostitutes by invoking a state nuisance law that has been used to padlock whorehouses and massage parlors and in this case would be used to impound cars for up to several weeks on the complaints of women officers posing as prostitutes. A city attorney comme...