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Sorry, I was generally giving an example. I do not know everyone’s arrests or mess ups except my own. But I have been on F.A.C for years now and I have heard lots of stories from people on here who have gotten an arrest for things no other human in the U.S would be arrested for unless they were on the registry.
For example, if you miss a dentist appointment, you apologize and re-schedule, but if you miss registration you are screwed. I have been on the registry in Florida since it started and I remember where my sheriff’s office used to make you make an appointment. Now it is first come first serve until the doors close at the end of the day, Monday through Friday with no weekend registrations allowed. When I used to work, I would have to take a day off just to register.

Was there an arrest for not signing?

Ret sgt

And when law enforcement goes on the news and parades and bandstands about the sexual offender that was arrested, they do not mention the registered citizen just forgot to sign their signature on a piece of paper was the violation, versus caught raping a child and burying them alive.

As bad as when a registered person comes to visit Florida and their prize package is often a placement on the Florida registry.

@RET Sgt

I once got accused of something by someone who did not want me living on “Their street”. The lady (If you can all her a lady) accused me of something. I requested a polygraph with law enforcement. I went in of my own willingness to get this resolved.

I got a Sherrif’s office polygraph and aced it. They then had the FDLE to give me one, I smashed it to pieces. After a third one with an independent polygrapher, I had three wins in a row. The detective told me I was either the best liar on Earth, or I was telling the truth.

Afterwards, I asked if he would ask the liar ( I mean lady ) if she would come in and do a polygraph and he said I can ask if she would but could not make her. Guess what, she REFUSED lol
About 2 months later, the neighbor and her kid moved away. They were only renters anyway.

On a side note, people must be checking the registry before moving in because when I first moved here, there were at least 21 kids on my street. Now there is one and I get along with that family for the most part.

Every arrest (no matter how low-hanging fruit it might be) makes the FDLE performance look better. It’s good for budget increases. Every time you experience, read, or hear about the most bullsh*t arrest over clerical errors and other off-the-wall nonsense. Remember it’s not about safety; it’s just about money.

I avoid women altogether; God forbid they have a minor child. They will put you on blast on social media for clout and invent some false allegation with no recourse. Being on the registry means anyone you don’t know is a potential trip back to prison.

But, a few times a year I forget if I HAVE registered and almost have a heart attack and go into my locked filing cabinet and pull out my last registration papers to make sure. I have yet to forget but I have nightmares and bad dreams just about that subject that keeps me up at nights sometimes. Isn’t that pathetic? Not me being pathetic, it is pathetic we have to live in that fear that we will lose our only chance of freedom because of forgetting that one detail of our lives.

If you do not pay your property tax on time, they do not arrest you, they just add on a financial penalty. I wouldn’t mind paying a penalty fee for registering late and would even add funds to the sheriff’s budget. But of course, if you continually go late, then that’s on you.
The system has it that way just so we can get back into the system, which is what they want, all registrants to mess up and possibly even go to jail.

Shame we have to live in a protective bubble metaphorically.