As manager of a hotel, you have noticed that persons suspected to be prostitutes are seen frequently in your hotel lobby and bar. What are your options, considering legal issues and business considerations?

1. May you order your front desk staff and security to have all persons suspected of being prostitutes removed from the property?

2. If a guest insists that a person suspected of being a prostitute is a visitor of the guest, may the hotel refuse to allow the suspect to visit the guest's room?

3. Will the hotel be liable for lost property of the guest if the hotel allows a suspected prostitute to visit the guest's room and the guest later reports being drugged and robbed?

4. May the hotel be charged with a crime for allowing suspected prostitutes to work at the hotel?

5. May the hotel prohibit use of illegal drugs in a guest room? May the hotel manager enter the guest room without the guest's permission if there is reason to believe that illegal drugs are being used in violation of hotel policy?

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