TABLE 3—
Frequency of Different Police Interactions Among 250 Female Sex Workers in Baltimore City, MD, 2016–2017
| Daily, % | Weekly, % | Monthly, % | 1–3 Months, % | > 3 Months, % | Never, % | |
| Patrol or enforcement activities (excluding arrest) | ||||||
| Respondent asked to move along | 7.2 | 22.9 | 8.4 | 28.9 | 13.3 | 19.3 |
| Routine stop | 4.0 | 18.1 | 11.6 | 33.3 | 19.7 | 13.3 |
| Search of person or property | 1.2 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 36.4 |
| Condom confiscation | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 94.8 |
| Drug confiscation | 0.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 20.9 | 34.5 | 39.8 |
| Police offered assistance | 0.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 70.0 |
| At least 1 patrol or enforcement practice | 8.8 | 28.4 | 12.8 | 31.6 | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| At least 2 patrol or enforcement practices | 3.2 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 36.4 | 24.0 | 11.6 |
| Abusive activity (excluding police as client) | ||||||
| Police verbally or emotionally harassed respondent | 0.4 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 16.1 | 38.7 | 30.6 |
| Police sexually harassed or assaulted respondent | 2.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 9.6 | 30.5 | 51.8 |
| Police damaged respondent’s property | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 25.6 | 69.2 |
| Police physical violence (threatened or enacted) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 23.7 | 74.7 |
| Police pressured respondent to have sex | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 20.4 | 76.8 |
| Police accepted money or other goods to avoid trouble | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 93.6 |
| At least 1 abusive activity | 2.4 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 19.6 | 40.0 | 22.0 |
| At least 2 abusive activities | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 8.8 | 40.8 | 45.2 |
| Overall | ||||||
| At least 1 activity (patrol or abusive) | 10.0 | 30.8 | 14.4 | 28.0 | 10.0 | 6.8 |
| At least 2 activities (patrol or abusive) | 4.4 | 18.8 | 11.2 | 37.6 | 18.8 | 9.2 |