‘This is human behavior’: Sheriff candidate wants to legalize prostitution in Miami-Dade

Former Miami Dade College Police Chief Jeff Giordano just unveiled a titillating policy proposal in his bid to become Miami-Dade County’s first Sheriff in decades: He wants to legalize prostitution.

The world’s oldest profession isn’t going anywhere, he said, so it should be safe, legal and regulated to help eliminate “street-corner prostitution rackets” and increase testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

“Why are we wasting our time on the streets (arresting) men, picking up women, (when) we should be addressing real crime and real human trafficking?” he said in a Friday video posted to YouTube.

“We’re not all born with penises. We’re not all born with vaginas. We all have our needs, whether you’re attracted to men or whether you’re attracted to women. Prostitution is not going to go away. We might as well legalize it like we did with marijuana. Let’s legalize it. We’re all human.”