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Judging by the thousands of “non-lethal” projectiles amassed by Honolulu police, and the blaring headlines forecasting an to Waikiki for APEC, you’d think HPD’s booking log would be overflowing with arrests.

Yet, Honolulu police made only seven arrests in Waikiki during the week-long APEC summit — all for nonviolent crimes, and none for prostitution.

It’s not like there weren’t any prostitutes working the streets of Waikiki during APEC.

Civil Beat on Friday night visited “the track” on Kuhio where prostitutes are known to pick up customers. Around 10 p.m., there were at least five women who appeared to be prostitutes walking the streets wearing their signature lucite stilettos. Two cop cars parked outside the Waikiki Trade Center for most of the night paid them no heed.

Closer to 1 a.m., at least three more women started trolling for customers.

The seven arrests police did make in Waikiki included trespassing, disorderly conduct and drug possession violations, according to a Civil Beat review of the Honolulu Police Department‘s arrest logs. Monday marked the eleventh full day since the last time HPD officers made a prostitution-related arrest.

In advance of the APEC meetings, the police department had loaded up on “non-lethal” weapon technologies. The inventory had included 25,000 pepper spray projectiles for nearly $90,000 and 18,000 units of bean bag ammunition for more than $60,000. It also invested $60,000 for 3,000 Taser cartridges and $13,000 for a long-range loudspeaker.

Meanwhile human trafficking experts and city officials had talked about to Waikiki, where the rush of visitors might be seen as a prime business opportunity.

Even Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle thought that prostitution might be a problem during APEC.

“It’s definitely something we want to think about,” he . “You don’t want an embarrassing situation to happen.”

From Six a Week to None

The lack of prostitution arrests contrasts with the volume police handled in the weeks leading up to APEC. Officers averaged six prostitution-related arrests in the four weeks preceding the conference.

Civil Beat has been tracking prostitution-related arrest in Honolulu since July 2010 and has its own database of arrests. The department does not provide such data.

Previously, the longest period without a prostitution-related arrest was the 13 days between Sept. 6 and 20, 2011, according to Civil Beat’s records. There was also a 12-day lull in arrests between March 10 and 23, 2011.

An HPD spokeswoman responded to Civil Beat with the following statement: “There are periods of time when the officers are working on prostitution operations but not necessarily making arrests.”

Here’s a roundup of the seven nonviolent Waikiki arrests last week, which included six men and one woman.

Tuesday, Nov. 8

• Shanche A. Cox, 29, of a Kalihi address, was arrested at 2:38 a.m. at 2424 Kalakaua Ave., the address of the Hyatt Regency-Waikiki hotel. He was arrested for .

Wednesday, Nov. 9

• Ryan Patrick Peterson, 30, was arrested at 5:32 p.m. at Paki Avenue and Monsarrat Avenue — outside the heart of Waikiki near Kapiolani Park. Peterson, who gave no local address, was charged with , which applies to values of $100 or less.

Thursday, Nov. 10

• Jonathan Rodgers, 24, who gave no local address, was arrested 7 p.m. at 2301 Kalakaua Ave., the address of the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. He’s been charged with , a petty misdemeanor.
• Cameron L. Fleming, 36, of a Waikiki address, was arrested at 8:45 p.m. at Lemon Road and Paoakalani Avenue in Waikiki. He’s been charged with .

Friday, Nov. 11

• Jonathan Bell, 22, of a Waikiki address, was arrested at 1:10 a.m. at 2255 Kalakaua Ave., the address of the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. He’s been charged with . The charge is committed “if a person knowingly possesses any harmful drug in any amount.” He also was charged with .

Saturday, Nov. 12

• Asha M. Hein, 43, of a Honolulu address was arrested at 9:50 p.m. at 2255 Kalakaua Ave., the address of the Sheraton Waikiki hotel. She was charged with .

Sunday, Nov. 13

• Edison Menke, 18, was arrested at 12:15 a.m. at 2310 Kuhio Ave., the address of the Waikiki Marketplace. Menke, who gave no local address, was charged with .

Other Arrests

Before the official start of APEC, eight Occupy Honolulu protesters were arrested Nov. 5 at at Thomas Square Park around 11:15 p.m.

All were charged with violating the city’s ordinance. Four of the protesters listed Honolulu addresses, one listed a Kailua address and another listed a Wahiawa address. The other two had no local address.

On Nov. 7, outside of Waikiki, 23 Hawaiian sovereignty protesters were arrested at Iolani Palace around 7 p.m.

—Sara Lin contributed to this report.