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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.