FAC Weekly Update 2026-02-03-Ask a Probation Officer

Weekly update for February 3, 2026. This is recording number 352 Dear Members and Advocates, Have you always wanted to ask your PO a question but were afraid or hesitant to ask? Now you’ll have your chance. Please join us this Thursday evening for our Florida Action Committee monthly member call, featuring a guest with rare, firsthand insight into supervision

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FAC Weekly Update 2026-01-27-Demand Reasoned Fact-Based Policy

Weekly update for January 27, 2026. This is recording number 351 Dear Members and Advocates, This week in Minnesota, the national spotlight is shining on a series of controversial shootings by federal immigration agents. Last week’s death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA hospital employee, ignited conflict and controversy. While witnesses contest the administration’s account (and there is

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FAC Weekly Update 2026-01-13-End Guilt by Association-Follow FAC on Social Media

Weekly update for January 13, 2026. This is recording number 349 Dear Members and Advocates, For those who joined our monthly member call last week, you heard from our President Emeritus, Gail, about our national effort to engage public relations professionals to change the narrative. Florida Action Committee, along with several other state affiliates, is banding together to launch coordinated

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FAC Weekly Update 2026-01-06-Put the Laziness Theory to Shame

Weekly update for January 6, 2026. This is recording number 347 Dear Members and Advocates, The preamble to most laws is where you’ll find the legislative findings. The standard “finding” we see regurgitated in almost every piece of sex offender legislation – about the “frightening high” recidivism rate – is annoying. Especially since its been debunked by decades of empirical

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FAC Weekly Update 2025-12-30-When Compliance is Impossible

Weekly update for December 30, 2025. This is recording number 346 Dear Members and Advocates, This week, as we close out 2025, we want to draw attention to a situation that highlights a fundamental flaw in Florida’s registration scheme: what happens when the law requires compliance, but the government makes compliance impossible. Here’s the hypothetical scenario… During the winter holidays,

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