Hawaii police are fighting local lawmakers to preserve a legal exemption that allows them to have sex with prostitutes during investigations.<br /><br />Yes, you read that right. Cops in Hawaii can sleep with prostitutes while on the job. And Hawaii is apparently the only state in the Union which lets this happen.<br /><br />The issue came about last month when lawmakers, looking to strengthen anti-prostitution laws, proposed a bill which would remove the police exemption. The police argued against the change, which was subsequently amended to return the protection, then passed by the state House. <br /><br />The state Senate's Judiciary Committee will vote on the amended measure on March 28. The new proposal is something of a compromise that allows police officers to touch prostitutes, but not penetrate them, as long as they are adults.<br /><br />Opponents of the law claim that allowing police to have sex with prostitutes is unnecessary and only creates opportunities for abuse of power.
