Weekly Updates

Weekly update for February 9, 2026. This is recording number 354   Special NOTE: If you missed the Monthly Membership call last week where we interviewed a retired a Probation Officer with both Federal and State experience, you can listen to the 90-minute recording.  Simply call 605-475-4953, enter code 739392# and recording ID 353#.   Dear Members and Advocates,  

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

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

Weekly update for January 20, 2026. This is recording number 350  Dear Members and Advocates,  Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in Ellingburg v. United States (Jan. 20, 2026), a case having nothing to do with the registry, but having to do with Ex Post Facto laws.  Justice Clarence Thomas joined the majority but

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

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