"May I ask what was their punishment and is the program ongoing?" - Grunherz
1. These arrests are misdemeanors - not too serious. .. fines, maybe some jail time. However, these arrests have a profound impact on the lives of some people. Public exposure of a sexual organ is a crime of "moral turpitude" that would prevent you from being able to work many jobs, ie teacher, firefighter, police, etc.
2. The program is on-going, but only when needed, based on complaints. We hit it pretty hard when I was in the vice unit because this particular park was in gay newspapers, on bulletin boards in gay bars and on the internet as a great cruising place. Soon, we were in those same rags and bulletin boards as a place to avoid, and we were able to re-direct our resources.