Fake Hooker: Fail the Smell Test, Lose Your Car

The Contra Costa Times serves up a fellatial profile of a scrappy, hard-nosed, tough-talkin' ersatz hooker, an undercover cop just trying to make the streets of L.A. safe for "hardworking families." In the course of admiring the LAPD's enthusiasm for busting Johns, the author reports:

Since the city attorney initiated the vehicle seizure program in 2003, more than 500 cars have been impounded. The city has made $325,000 in buybacks, though the city attorney's office emphasizes that the program is meant to deter solicitation, not earn money.

Ah, OK then. As driving journal The Newspaper notes, "a December 2002 municipal ordinance… allows police to seize the vehicle of anyone accused—not convicted—of soliciting." And what's the standard for accusing someone of trying to pay for a blow job? Well, fake hooker Heather has one answer:

"You just know," Heather says of the would-be johns who pull over to make a deal. "You look. You see. You smell it."

Via Nobody's Business.