Originally Posted by
FatBastard
It would help out immensely when the dicks on the hill introduce fixed penalties for punters being caught on. Once they know where you work from the peelers can camp outside handing out tickets to every smiling man seen leaving the area. And it'll be a case of pay the £X on the fixed penalty now and it goes away, or take it to court (where without the escorts testimony you'll get off anyway) and have your face in the News Letter under the headline 'Disgusting sex pervert caught by valiant PSNI heroes who rescued the damsel in distress'
In a perfect decriminalised world you'd like to think punters and escorts could relay on the peelers for support should anything untoward happen either way, I fear with the new law I've got into the punting game too late to safely enjoy it.
I'm a regular lurker on a couple of sex worker related subreddits where 99% of the contributors are escorts and punters from the USA. It seems the standard there for a n00b punter is to be 'screened' my means of providing ID, photo, and employer details so they can call to confirm you work there (and are not a cop). If that was to become standard here, I'm out. I totally understand the need for security, but the number of novice punters going through that, making the appointment, handing over the money then being told to fuck off and you can't even leave a review saying as much on P411 or TER because they have your home address and employer info.
Criminalisation fucks over everybody. Remember who was for it next election cycle.