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Hundred. >> i don't know -- all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i'll meet you. >> moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. >> in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and dunt give a damn. you threw them in jail and you weren't attacking a problem. you weren't solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking the pimps and making them pay, they don't victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services and we can save one ...

And she was with a mentor who was probably 13 years old. 13 or 14 if i remember. and we were shocked. >> oakland pd knows that moments like these where they can isolate the girls from their captors are the only window of opportunity to try to offer young women help and services. >> i mean, some of the stories i've heard are just horrendous. >> for hoffman, every story is a heart breaker whether it's the 10-year-old sent out to work the streets for her mother or the 14-year-old run away who ran into the arms of a man she thought would love and protect her only to discover a life of daily beatin...

>> the pimp does not come up for her rescue. he just wants to make sure he knows how much money she's making. >> girls who are caught in sting operations often feel they are unfairly targeted. >> they do. okay. what's your pimp's name? see that's why they don't get arrested because all of a sudden the girls get real stupid. >> after arresting this 17-year-old who offered an undercover officer intercourse for $60 hoffman tried to urge the teen to let her get her treatment. >> i'm going to call in an advocate. do you know what an advocate is? she has a program that will help you with school or, ...

Young girls are forced to walk and sell themselves. it's a street where men force young girls to sell their bodies for cash. >> a lot of men early in the morning are going to work. some will stop and buy a prostitute and then when they're done they just go to work. so a lot of them tell the guys at work, hey, guess what i did on the way to work kind of thing. so it spreads, you know, word of mouth. >> five nights a week as the light of day fades debbie hoffman of oakland pd's see care unit heads out to the track on a mission to seek and find the forgotten girls who sacrifice their health and w...

>> oh, i don't know -- all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i'll meet you. >> moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. >> in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and didn't give a damn, just threw them in jail. and you weren't attacking a problem. you weren't solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking pimps and making them pay, they don't victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services, we can save one or two, ...