[Wisconsinlady]

vice (vīs) noun 1. a.an evil or wicked action, habit, or characteristic b.evil or wicked conduct or behavior; depravity or corruption c.prostitution d.in old English morality plays, a character, often a buffoon, representing a vice or vice in general I GUESS THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE DICTONARY DEFINITION OF VICE THEN TOO.

[yarddog]

I wonder is the incompetent inspector Lestrade is still working for them.

[The_Reader_David]

If their main occupation is now suppressing human trafficking and sex slavery (the real sort, not the BDSM role-play), rather than picking up what used to be called “women of easy virtue” willingly offering their “services” for remuneration, it’s not political correctness, but honesty, to change the name.

[LibFreeOrDie]

The article mentions one film based on a vice squad case. Two others:

"Its detectives had dealings with Ronnie and Reggie Kray when the gangster twins moved into running nightclubs in the 1960s."

"The Profumo affair, which threatened to topple Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, also involved officers from Vice."

[SeeSharp]

...the switch had been ordered in part because the word "vice" was thought to have negative "connotations".

Unlike "homicide", "robbery", and all the other things the police deal with.

[AlexW]

You can count on the UK to always be one step ahead of the USA
in becoming a destroyed nation.
Both, however, are about to reach their climax.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"I think the names of different squads should bear the name of what they do, and the crime they are trying to combat."

I guess "Stopping Commercial Sex Workers from Earning a Legitimate Living Squad" didn't lightly trip off the tongue.

[kromike]

The British are so smart. After all,

"Miami Serious Crime Directorate 9"

sounds so much better....

[Happy Rain]

“SCD9 Bite Me?”