In the city's Poinciana Park neighborhood, police have been working on two types of business: drugs and prostitution. Both have been ongoing problems, according to some residents.

“These [crimes] have always been a thorn in our side,” said the neighborhood’s civic association president, Ray Dettman.

Fort Lauderdale’s Lt. Jacob Marcus elaborated on the department’s efforts to combat drugs and prostitution at a recent association meeting last week. In recent months, police have used undercover prostitution stings to nab 10 johns around the neighborhood, mostly on Federal Highway north of 20th Street.

Marcus also said that police were considering planning a surveillance operation, perhaps in the form of a vacant property where they could mount surveillance.

Poinciana Park also saw nine cases of “part one” crimes — which are categorized as any crimes against persons and properties — last month, according to Sgt. Jeff Burll.