CORONAVIRUS AND REGISTRATION
The purpose of this post is to serve as an advisory for those who are trying to comply with registration obligations during this period. On March 12, 2020, anticipating certain counties would close courthouses, jails and administrative offices where registration is performed, the Florida Action Committee contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to determine what procedures have been implemented to accommodate registration in counties where offices are closed.
While we wait for a reply, check the comments below to see if information about your county has been posted. If not, please call your county registration office to find out whether they are open, whether they anticipate closing, whether they are taking precautions to implement social distancing during this period and what accommodations have been made for registration should their office be closed or closing.
A list of all county registration offices, along with their telephone numbers are published here: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/Documents/REREGISTRATIONLOCATIONS.pdf
For any questions, call the FDLE at: 1-888-357-7332 or e-mail [email protected].
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Be advised that no one can register or report in orange county sheriff’s office, becausethey closed the office to the public. Channel 9 news on 3/29/2020, on their 10:00 clock broadcas
WRONG!!!!! Check before you report that . Just before you sent this I called the Orange county sheriffs office and they verified the entrance is still open on the side of the building for offenders. In person registration is still active for Orange county florida.
In case you need to verify that 407-254-7000 option 7
Orange county sheriff’s department offender registration unit
Didn’t mean to jump on you, we are all rattled about now
I live in Ft Lauderdale/Broward County where my 61 year old brother has to adhere to Draconian policies set by BC which require him to be essentially homeless from 10 pm – 6 am. He wears a monitor and has to stay in a Walgreens parking lot during these hours. There is NO ACCESS to water (to wash hands) or bathrooms . Additionally, he has no car so he is forced to rely on public transportation which has been seriously running off schedule and further forces him to be in cramped areas for extended periods of time which further puts him at risk of contamination.
Why cant he stay at my house the entire time instead of 6a -10p? He wears a GPS monitor which goes off if he leaves the Walgreens parking lot. It would be easy enough to change that to my address.
This is clear violation of his human rights. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Those GPS monitors are nothing more than a waste of taxpayer money and a fear mongering tactic for LE to say “Don’t worry, we’re tracking those nasty offenders”.
There is absolutely NO GOOD REASON why your brother can’t stay with you.
I’m gonna keep asking everyone to remember the days BEFORE the SOR when offenders did their time, got out of prison, finished a standard probation and carried on with their lives. No living restrictions, no restrictions on where you can or cannot be and the world kept revolving around the sun. Enter the age of Megan’s Law and all of a sudden EVERYONE with an offense of a sexual nature gets LUMPED into a category of “cant do this, can’t do that.”
You should try to find a decent attorney (or maybe even the same attorney or public defender who had his original case) and take this to court. This type of treatment of human beings needs to stop. But it won’t if we all don’t start stepping up. FAC and NARSOL can only do so much. The rest of us should probably get in touch with each other and put our funds together for a separate class action. The more lawsuits the registry brings upon itself, the more seriously the courts will look at this obvious problem.
GPS monitors don’t cost the taxpayers anything. All costs are paid by the offender. Mine is $229 per month for the standard ten year probation for nearly any offense no matter it was non contact.
Wow. when I was on probation back in the 90s, $229 was more than I made in a week.
So in addition to the the $229 a month
A probationer needs to
Pay rent
Buy food
Pay utilities and other bills possibly adding up to more than $1200 a month an add $229 to that.
That is $17148 a year you would need to make just to break even
I know what Maestro is saying about the GPS monitors. I had one on me for 9 years. It was on my right ankle to begin with and then when I fractured my right ankle it was moved to my left ankle. By the time it was removed at the termination of my probation, it had done damage to the nerves in both of my ankles. I have no feeling in either. And all it did was catch me going to a restaurant one evening that was within 1000 feet of a closed, empty childcare center. What a savior of the public that turned out to be!
The ghost children must be protected. You awful man for even of thinking of going near an abandoned building. The Queen has made her ruling, “Off with your head”.
If all these things we are put through were not so heart breaking, we could all star in a soap opera.
I would be very interested in a class action lawsuit
Maestro, the problem is getting someone to initiate the class action. I dont think any of us would decline to participate, but you need a currently bar approved attorney to take this case, possibly even a pro bono term unless we could all muster a few dollars. Maybe a class action that requires $5 or $10 to join into, since i think most of us arent looking to get rich off this, just want to be left alone.
This is being challenged in Federal court as we speak. Defendant is Miami-Dade, but if successful will presumably become binding legal precedent in Broward and elsewhere. If others file separate motions, they run the risk of creating bad precedent for themselves and others similarly situated.
Unfortunately the wheels of justice turn slowly, and this is a crisis for your brother and others. FAC, do we know whether the Miami-Dade SORR attorneys are filing any sort of emergency motion? I have no idea how the law works when SORRs are putting people at this sort of risk in real time.
I emailed Governor Ron DeSantis ([email protected]). I attached the pdf of the lawsuit by ACSOL (just to see what would happen). – No response.
Please blitz his office with emails.
https://all4consolaws.org/2020/03/acsol-challenges-in-person-registration-during-covid-19-pandemic/
https://all4consolaws.org/2020/03/acsol-files-second-challenge-to-in-person-registration-requirement-during-covid-19-pandemic/
SARASOTA COUNTY
Sex offenders and sexual predators are no longer required to report to the county’s correctional facility and are instead asked to report to 6010 Cattleridge Blvd. Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for registration.
“Asked to report”? lol
Dustin, I see what you did there. “Asked to report” could be understood as voluntary where they should have written “Required to report” if they want it to not sound like it is optional.
Not sure why my last comment was not posted/deleted. It didn’t violate policy. I usually screenshot the page my comment is on, but this time I didn’t. Let’s try it again:
There WAS a comment on the “Recent Comments” sidebar from Barbara Spragg about Duval registration office being open according to some “Deputy Porter.”
I have called them several times at 904-301-2410 and they don’t answer. If Barbara or anyone else has more information about JREC on Superior Street, please share it here.
When a subsequent comment updates information from the prior, the prior update is removed. Barb and volunteers are calling the offices for latest info and updating as appropriate.
Duval co is administered thru the Jacksonville sheriff the correct contact number currently is 904 630 8633. for any questions contact Deputy Porter in Felony registration
The same numbers are listed on fdle for both and have not answered our calls since Thursday of last week
I received an e-mail in reference to you attempting to make an appointment for your 6 month check in. Due to the state of emergency and safety precautions, our office is temporarily physically closed. No new appointments are being made due to uncertainty when we will reopen. We are however still functioning and conducting scheduled registrations and making any necessary changes to registrations via phone. If you contact our office at 904-630-8633 we can assist you with any changes to your registration. Once the State of Emergency is lifted our office will resume normal operations and we can accommodate you as usual and set an appointment. Det. Calderon attempted to contact you at your listed phone number to discuss things and it is not accepting incoming calls (might want to update that if it is not correct). Should you need any additional assistance please let us know.
Respectfully,
Title: Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office logo – Description: Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office logo
Police Sergeant C.R.Bear #5728
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office | Offender Tracking Unit
Office: 904. 630.8633 | Desk: 904.630.4755 | Fax: 904.630.8652
[email protected]
Connect with us: jaxsheriff.org or on social media
The Mission of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office: “To Serve and Protect in Partnership with Our Community”
this is from a direct email i got from them
Attachments area
I called this number several times 904-630-8633 and just get a recording and tells me the operator is not available so dose any one know whats up in Duval are they back open or still taking registration over the phone thanks
I understand, but the comment referencing the call with “Deputy Porter” is not on this page. Where is it? There is no newer information on Duval from Barbara.
JZ please feel free to contact me directly at this email should I be able to be of assistance. Barbara
[email protected]
@Barbara Spragg,
So is 904-630-8633 the correct number to make an appointment to come in to re-register in Jacksonville? Has the location moved from Superior Street? Thank you.
Yes that is correct number and they are in same place.
@Barbara, Thank you!
Lake co is open for normal hours as per Officer Hickman: you will be screened in the lobby by medical staff and if you have issues will be ask too wear a mask. As per Deputy Hickman FDLE has instructed them to maintain normal hours and in person registration. He sighted the email from FDLE to the caller.