Deltona seeking to tighten restrictions on where sex offenders can live
The City of Deltona, Florida is considering expanding their Sex Offender Residency Restrictions. A resolution was brought forward this past Monday to “add “Designated School Bus Stops, Libraries, and Churches to the list defining locations as to where children congregate so that distancing calculations as to living restriction where an individual convicted of a violation of F.S. Section 794.011, 800.04, 827.071, 847.0135(5) or 847.0145 or similar law of another jurisdiction, regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, may reside in the City of Deltona. Additionally, revision to Sec 48-2 (4) Temporary residence definition changed from five days to three”
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Remember when Brevard commissioners received angry emails from throughout the state? That worked out great for us. Good times.
Were I a Deltona constituent, I’d surely reach out to them respectfully. I would like more Deltona police resources devoted to working hard-to-solve abuse cases, 95% of which are perpetrated by someone close to the victim and with no criminal record. Deltona cannot afford to devote officers to enforcing where someone can or can’t live.
Jacob
OH contraire my dear friend. The city will apply for a cares act funding for new officers to be assigned to a special sex offender unit. We have said all along, the registry is a money maker and when you threatened someone’s money source, you get push back.
This isn’t about safety, this is about real estate values. My guess is if you look at who is donating to the politicians pushing this, real estate agents and brokers will be at the top of the list.
With a public registry and indexing of the FDLE SO website, numerous 3rd party websites are now letting people know where registrants live. What effect does that have on property values? A lot. How do you solve that issue? Pass registry restrictions to bunch registrants in neighborhoods where real estate prices are already low or pass such draconian restrictions, there is no where left in the county for them to live at all.
ALAN
That already happened in Miami. The homeless especially kept getting thrown out of every location they went to. Bad enough those men and women had no real home to begin with, then they get tossed around like trash.
AND, I am sort of a hypocrite on this issue because a homeless camp had set up right outside our neighborhood and there was crime, trash, human feces, drug needles, theft, noise and shootings. We finally got it all cleaned up but now they are just someone else’s problem. 🙁
Part of the problem is, I do not work so between not affording a place to stay, I had to move in with some relatives who do not live in the greatest area. And I know that I could one day become one of those among the homeless if things do not get better for us, and that scares me more than death.
Here is the video of the commission meeting. To skip to Sex offender agenda Go down to Agenda 6B and click it and video will start .
There is a board member named Loren King that actually spoke against the ordinance based on school bus stops changing constantly and his concerns offenders could be arrested retroactively.
A sheriffs office deputy addressed that and said people would not have to move if they already live there. The commissioner challenges that stating “Then what’s the point of the rule”?
http://deltona.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=838&meta_id=4234
I forgot to mention, the amendment passed 7 yays – 0 nays
despite confusion over retroactive application.
This just shows the single mindedness of city officials. He states he is against making someone have to move, but also against the grandfather ordinance. He would prefer that they never bring a bus stop within range. So tell me commissioner, is this going to be the same idea for churches, schools, daycares, playground, youth activity centers, etc.? I mean, you can’t really screw over one without the other as well. No eating your cake if you cannot even obtain it in the first place.
When I saw this on WFTV Channel 9, I was reminded that every inch of progress we make, some government is going to take a foot away from us.
This is a small Volusia county city and already hard to find a place to live. Wonder if they will try an enact a “Retroactive” application of it, if it passes.
WFTV is probably the worst news station against registered citizens in the Central Florida. They are akin to a National Inquirer mentality of so called “news reporting.”
Ever notice how ALL the news anchors always cover a “human interest” story, with a smile, along with back and forth playful banter on camera? However it’s the exact opposite when they segue into anything about seX ofFendRs? All that glee immediately drains from their faces and is replaced with a contemptuous glare. The look of feigned concern and disdain they convey into the camera for the viewers is always the SAME!
Whenever I notice this happening, I’m always reminded of how a black male must feel from hearing the sound of door lock mechanisms activated while walking through a parking lot.
The media is playing a disgusting role in brainwashing, marginalizing and dhumanization.
Facts
Well there for a while they didn’t even say sex offenders they would call everyone on the registry sex predators regardless if that was their designation by the Gestapo.
And as FAC and many others have pointed out, why are we still labeled sex offenders? Do they have evidence that every one of us is still actively offending. And to further that, is someone who accessed illegal porn actually a sex offender if they never touched someone?
I saw a story last night of a guy who got 10 years for murder. That is less than I got for a consensual act where not a single witness showed up for any of my court hearings. I have said before, two factors guide your future in court, the attorney you have and the judge you are assigned to.
I hope not I live here. I’ll be making some phone calls tomorrow.
I have offered to train people on how I have used my leverage in salons and barber shops to remove people from office that make these crazys laws but get little response. I’ve flipped seats in California from Democrat to Republican and seats from Republican to Democrat. I am a Libertarian and although on the registry I am also a militar veteran. I am rolling to brain at no costa for our greater cause. Join the right where every you are and support sites like this one FAC.
I am not understanding how this isn’t clearly unconstitutional. It routinely restricts a person’s liberties. Clearly unconditional. This is one of, if not the main, reason that the federal circuit’s are calling the registries unconstitutional. I could see if they said it was for anyone convicted from the date of the passing of the ordinance, but retroactive is clearly wrong. I guess rather than fight each municipality. The Ex Post Fact III case will deal with it at state level. Then F.A.C. can sue each municipality for its legal fees (and the state) so it can use those funds for future endeavors. Maybe even state in the lawsuit that a portion of the damages would go to sex abuse education and prevention.
As usual a Florida county tightening their noose.
This is actually a city in Volusia County. Its doesn’t help either that Sheriff Chitwood of Volusia County is from Philadelphia, which has very tough residency restrictions against people forced to register. In fact, they believe that excluding convicted sex offenders from living virtually anywhere in the except forested areas and a few high-income areas is the only path to protecting the public when such laws and codes actually undermine monitoring, rehabilitation and public-safety efforts by state and county probation and parole agencies.