HPD to hotel industry: Vigilance key to cracking down on prostitution, sex trafficking Honolulu Police Department By HNN Staff | March 16, 2021 at 4:27 PM HST - Updated March 16 at 5:38 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honoluluâs police chief told tourism officials Tuesday that while crime declined when stay-at-home orders were in place during the pandemic, prostitution never dropped off. Instead, she said, it moved online.
âNow that everything is online, we donât really see the prostitution out on the roads that we used to, because you can just go online and order somebody,â Police Chief Susan Ballard said, at a tourism safety conference.