Call To Action: Florida Governor – Suspend IN PERSON Registration
The latest state numbers show that known cases of the new coronavirus in Florida have doubled in the last four days. While much of the world is practicing social distancing and not leaving their homes unless necessary, the State of Florida is STILL requiring persons required to register as sex offenders to report IN PERSON to the county registration offices and Driver’s License offices to report changes that can easily be done over the phone.
No exceptions are being made for those who are sick, elderly, have compromised immune systems or who are otherwise at high risk of serious medical problems or even death if they are exposed to the virus. Even while many municipalities are issuing stay-at-home orders and Driver’s License offices have closed.
We need to call on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to issue an executive order suspending IN PERSON registration requirements while this emergency situation is pending and allow all required reporting to be made via phone, online or via mail.
You can Email the Governor at [email protected] or call (850) 488-7146
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I went in to the sheriff’s office…SORT, Brevard County…to re register. I checked in with the outside ‘squawk box’ to the lady who does registration. She asked my name and told me to sit down in chairs that had been placed outside. It was a beautiful morning. In a few minutes she came to the door and asked me if there had been any changes since my last registration. I told her ‘no’. She asked me if I wanted a copy of the reporting documents and I told her page one was all I wanted. She went back inside and in a few minutes came back out with page one. She said have a good day. I told her that we need to do it this way all the time…she agreed. I have never had a problem of registration with the sheriff’s office; now probation…thank God I’m off of it…is another story.
I have a question for FAC. If, as during this crisis, the Sheriff’s officer that does monthly home verifications can do your registry, where they always ask if anything has changed, why can’t this issue be raised now? It would do away with the burden of in person reporting and, possibly, the $25.00 extortion fees and the incompetence, laziness, and failure to notify registrants as shown by JREC’s actions. I realize that it is punishment and a money making issue for the State and Counties, but it is still a valid issue!