I was recently reading about one many police stings done to catch( entrap) men for soliciting. The most recent large operation occurred in Long Island New York. I was struck by how hostile the news media was about these operation. The article cited the cost and waste of police resources for a crime (misdemeanor) occurring between two consenting adults. I googled prostitution stings and was amazed at the volume of articles that came up. Almost all the newspaper articles where highly critical of these operation especially since almost all of them place ads which they see as enticing men to commit crime (entrapment). What II find despicable is the posting of the pictures something which prosecutors never do with any other misdemeanor crime ( something the newspapers also cited).  
Hopefully as budgets get stretched police department will find more useful ways spending their time and money. Fear of getting caught probably severely limits my ability to play especially in less populated region of the country with less reviewed providers. In the end you see the same providers over and over to stay out of trouble.

I get that variety is the spice of life for many guys but hear you when you say it increases your chances of getting into situations we want to avoid. It seems smart to see providers you have seen before that you know are safe to avoid drama.

(and a few gals, I guess ), who DO NOT DO REVIEWS on new providers. They take the risk and then do not review to help both the provider and other hobbyists.  

It is ironic that these sting operation target a more discrete interaction between a provider and a hobbyist (or two consenting adults). It does nothing to help or prevent child or forced prostitution which the police claim they are trying to discourage ( and which we all agree is flatly wrong)
On you tube you can see some of these sting operations going down they are completely ridiculous if I where a cop I would feel like an idiot being involved in something like this. The one I saw they busted a horney 23 year old ciollege student who was already nervous to begin with and 3 police officer burst through the door like they are taking down some drug lord

That came from the feds that are the reason for the crackdown.  Truth be told they do the crackdown to go after their political enemies. If your research you will notice even LE gets busted along with politicians and judges (check out the case in Ohio).

just put some hydrocortisone cream on it.  it relieves the pain and all.  

I am pretty much a law abiding citizen, but some laws are total bullshit and I refuse to allow them to dictate my behavior. If I want to smoke a joint (which I don't) I will, If I want to leave my seatbelt off (which I also don't) I will, and if I want to pay a woman to have sex with me (which I most definitely do) I will and the law can be damned.

I do use a bit of common sense, I will TOFTT, but I don't go seeing BP girls with obviously fake pics, or otherwise just ask for trouble, That said,  I will not stop trying out new girls out of fear of getting caught.

For the record, I have been doing this since well before the internet and with all the many hundreds of TOFTT I have never been arrested, much less convicted for seeing a hooker. but even if I were arrested, it still wouldn't stop me from engaging in behavior that harms no one. The morality police can kindly Go Fuck Themselves.

America is  the land of the free and touts freedom  but there are more government intervention snooping and nosy local authorities trying to get in the way of the hobby. USA sucks for hobbyists and escorts in terms of legalities but mongers still monger..

I don't like the kiss-and-tell aspect either, but the thing of spelling out what services to expect is part of it.
I decided to only write reviews if they serve some purpose.
I tried once to lay out when I would and would not write a review, but that didn't work very well.
I felt like Moses with only 10 Commandments facing a crowd who had figured out 1000+ ways to be assholes.
So it's kind of each situation may of may not want a review.
New providers who have no reviews would PROBABLY strike me as warranted.

I thought common sense, took care of that.

With that said, I do know a lot I recognized and could pick them out in a line up lol, but I never met them. If you play your cards right, you should never run into LE. Make sure she has reviews from credible members with a lot of other reviews, and that goes for any site you search. Yes, there are more stings on backpage, but that has nothing to do with you if you ONLY see providers who have reviews there. Don't do some outcall with a provider who has no reviews, no website, and just popped up an ad last night. It's not rocket science. Oh, and keep your mouth shut if you ever do find yourself in a sticky situation. Get a hobby phone you can toss... same with email.

... if LE were to put a significant dent into the local industries,  NV, Canada and Tijuana would receive a huge upsurge in tourism business

And creating false flag "hobbyists" with reviews and everything who get checked out with "references" from fake "providers".   The fake LE guy could set up like 150 dates at once and take down an entire city's worth of TER girls if they wanted to.  Likewise create personas as "honeypots" to catch hobbyists.  It wouldn't be that hard would it?  I shudder to think about it.

Fake providers are easy to spot, hon. Add to that, most of us do not only rely on references, especially if we live in the area we provide in. Near the end of my Reign lol, I could not care less if the guy was Obama. He was upping the info.

I agree with your post, except, I don't pay for sex, I pay for a lady's time and companionship, it's just that I'm such a sexy hunk that they always want to blow me and fuck me. Go figure huh?

LE is on every site there is.... Those fucking fuckers, thank you Drunken Asian for that one, good stuff.

I am very careful in whom I choose to see. I screen everyone that calls me and if they fail the screening process, then I don't see them. I live on Long Island and I don't work out of where I live at (huge no-no!)