Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London

(nationalarchives.gov.uk)

22 points | by Bluestein 14 hours ago ago

1 comments

  • stuartd 4 hours ago ago

    > [policemen] acted as agents provocateur, enticing men through deceptive means to respond to sexual invitations – so they could catch them red-handed

    This was still the case in the 1980s - I worked with an ex-policeman who was ‘young looking’ and his job was this kind of entrapment.