Thank you! I was not thinking about religion per se, I was thinking, someone known to the sworkers from the “good side”. A cop is as high on my list as everyone else, but way much higher would be someone who would generate trust. (An example: Anne Rule mentioned that sometimes, GRK would take his 6-year-old son when prowling, this would make women less fearful to get into his car). I remember two situations from my life on the East Coast, eons ago. One was when some hospital worker, either a young employee or a chief resident, spoke about a casino at the state border, he’d drive there and talk to exotic dancers. Today, it would raise suspicion (you aren’t a therapist, you don’t gamble, what’s the use to drive for two hours to “talk” to girls). He called it an odd hobby, and spoke about it excitedly, for a long time, and it was strange, if he was telling the truth. I soon moved and forgot it. Another guy was the chief of a security department in a big corporation downtown, who once gave me a lift, because the garage at my work was outside, and it was late. On our way, he showed me local streetwalkers, and he knew surprisingly much about them; the interesting part was the artery we were driving by was the divider between the “good city” and the combat zone, so he only had to cross the street...
So I am always thinking, someone like this, either a person known for an odd hobby but otherwise, decent and a professional, or a security guy, or someone from a downtown IT company, someone known to have a young kid, or maybe even feeding the homeless, the helper. Of course, sworkers would not discuss their drug dealers, either, but for that group, like for pimps, sworkers are the source of income. I dislike both groups, but unless this person is a total nutter, he won't kill the source of his income.
I understand about the problem of getting clean for an sworker; after all, the clients come to have good time, too. And I would suspect that if for opiates, there is injectable Suboxone (Sublocade), that is significant harm reduction, then, for meth and cocaine, there is nothing. No one has studied treatment for PTSD that well, either.
One thing is important. The relatives of the victims made a group trying to raise the awareness of the problem in general. One of the women was a young mom and left three kids. It is something we can't brush off. I can see how important the cellphone is.
Maybe next step should be a free phone exchange? We all have used phones and we all buy the newer ones. Me, constantly. Maybe creating a free phone exchange for sworkers would contribute into their safety on the streets?
