It's less risky to get frisky in public in one of the world’s largest cities
Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico.
It's also just made it a lot harder to police sexual activity in it's public places such as parks, alleys, entertainment venues and cars - after it ordered cops to look the other way most of the time.
Supporters of the change say it protects people in Guadalajara from being shaken down by bribe-hungry officers.
While critics are worried that it may encourage lewd acts in full view of people just going about their day.
The change comes under a modification to the city's 'Good Government Code,' and states that officers can now only intervene a couple getting frisky if a third party has complained they feel uncomfortable.
“The only thing we added is that for police to detain that couple, a citizens’ request is required,” said Guadalupe Morfin, a city councillor who proposed the measure.
She argued that it would discourage police corruption, and refocus officers on more serious offences, while not leading to any increase in lewd behaviour.
“Nobody wants there to be people having sex in public in sight of boys and girls,” Ms Morfin said.
“That is not educational. It is troublesome.”
While coming across a couple having sex in public is not a daily occurrence in Guadalajara or elsewhere in Mexico, people are often forced to bribe officers for far tamer offences, such as kissing and hugging.
“Sometimes they’re not even having sex in public, just kissing or things like that. But (police) do it to get money, to take advantage of this,” said Andrea Quintana, a student in Guadalajara.
“So I think it’s good that now they have to have proof that someone was really doing something bad to have to take them away.”
