bell said hee met with officers who submitted written and oral testimony to a house committee earlier in the legislative session .
hee said honolulu ( ap ) — a key hawaii lawmaker considering an anti - prostitution bill says he and honolulu police have agreed to get rid of a longtime exemption that allowed officers to have sex with prostitutes .
state sen. clayton hee vowed at the hearing to make the practice
at a senate hearing last week , lawmakers and members of the public expressed outrage at the exemption after the ap reported on police officers ' lobbying to keep it unchanged .
bell said hee met with officers who submitted written and oral testimony to a house committee earlier in the legislative session .
a key hawaii lawmaker considering an anti - prostitution bill says he and honolulu police have agreed to get rid of a longtime exemption that allowed officers to have sex with prostitutes .
honolulu police spokeswoman teresa bell told the associated press that officers to have sex with prostitutes , as long as undercover officers can still say they 'll have sex so they can make arrests .
honolulu police spokeswoman teresa bell told the associated press that officers to have sex with prostitutes , as long as undercover officers can still say they 'll have sex so they can make arrests .
the bill passed the house without a clause that would have made sex with prostitutes illegal for officers after police lobbied to have the language removed , arguing it would inhibit undercover investigations by giving criminals knowledge of what police can and can not do .