South Broadway has long been notorious for its prostitution problem, but it's a problem that's now spreading to much larger areas and that's why police are now asking for the city council's help.

More than a decade ago, police set up what's called an "anti-prostitution emphasis area" all along Broadway. But as police focused their prostitution crackdown on the streets--those prostitutes left and decided to set up shop else where.

Now police want to reconfigure which streets in the city they will now target--drawing on recent prostitution crime statistics. Those include:

- From 21st Street to the north, 2nd to the south, Washington on the east and Main Street to the west.
- From Waterman to South 47th Street and Wichita to Washington.
- And perhaps the most troubling new area of emphasis--13th street to 2nd street and Hillside on the east to Cleveland on the west.

"One of the things that's very concerning about that particulate area is that a significant portion of that area is residential and we certainly don't want to see the crime of prostitution and the related crimes that follow it flourish in residential neighborhoods," say Deputy Chief Robert Lee.

Making these new enforcement zones means anyone selling or buying sex will face much tougher penalties--plus if on probation they aren't allowed to step foot in the mapped out areas or they will be rearrested. Just one more tool for the police and the courts.

"With the overall goal of being able to hopefully improve the quality of life in those neighborhoods," says Lee.