Most officers know the difference between an intentional signal and a stray motion,' he said. The 35-year veteran police chief said he believed this sort of activity took place 'in every jurisdiction' and heard stories of 'off-duty officers and even judges being caught and arrested.' The public has a right to enter public areas without worrying about inadvertently seeing lewd acts, Gregson said.

With many other options available for gay men to meet each other, Gershen Kaufman, a professor emeritus of psychology at Michigan State University and author of the book 'Coming Out of Shame,' said public cruising is practiced mainly by deeply closeted men. There is a lot of self-hatred and shame and they can't allow themselves to come to terms with their sexuality. There is also the added element of danger and being discovered,' he said.They dress the same, eat the same, and even date the same. They install Tinder on their phones, go on a few dates, then settle down with their third match and have boring vanilla (missionary) in their Punggol BTO until the day they die. Odds are, their favourite flavour of ice cream is also actually vanilla.