Anaheim Police Senior Crime Prevention Specialist Susie Schmidt, right, gathers Anaheim residents before embarking on a walk along Beach Boulevard in Anaheim. Prostitution is a problem for the residents of the Cobblestone apartments and others along Beach Boulevard in Anaheim, so with the help of the Anaheim Police Department, residents took it into their own hands by walking through their neighborhood with flashlights. (Allen J. Schaben /Los Angeles Times)
Bill Postma of Anaheim, center, shines his flashlight as he joins fellow residents walking with flashlights and looking out for prostitutes along Beach Boulevard in Anaheim. (Allen J. Schaben /Los Angeles Times)
Anaheim residents pass a motel as they walk with flashlights and look out for prostitutes along Beach Boulevard in Anaheim. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Anaheim Police Officer T. Hill handcuffs a woman from Fresno suspected of prostitution at the Covered Wagon Motel in Anaheim as residents walk by with flashlights in the background. The woman was given a community informational flier and released. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)