Florida Action Committee (FAC)

UPDATE 7/10/2023 – This item was removed from the County Commission Meeting Agenda for 7/11/2023.  We understand that Commissioner Danny Robins and County Attorney Russ Brown are calling for additional research. Please continue to send research studies and your opposition letters to the commissioners and county attorney (contact info below). Next Volusia County Commission Meeting is August 1. Major Concerns:

ABC Action News for Tampa Bay reports that sextortion crimes targeting children are up by 67% in the past year. And similar crimes against adults are up by 47%. We note that this increase took place during a time when Florida had in place, the most robust, most draconian sex offender registration scheme it has ever had, viewed by some

The Volusia County Council members were considering drafting an ordinance that would expand the state’s residency restriction requirement from 1000 feet to 1500 feet for all people on the sex offender registry.   Additionally, they wanted an ordinance that would make it illegal for any adult who was unaccompanied by a minor to enter a county playground area. Fortunately, there were

The media has been doing a good job of informing the public about Florida’s attempts to combat voter fraud being no more than political propaganda. The recurring theme from numerous news sites is that people charged with voter fraud in counties where DeSantis did well in the 2020 election received barely a slap on the hand, while individuals in dark

NARSOL 2023 Conference – Gather on the Gulf in Houston TX starts this week.  If you are attending the conference in-person,, there will be an FAC gathering on Friday at noon in the Galveston Room.  Meet FAC President Gail Colletta and other Board members, along with many FAC members and special guests. If you are not planning to attend in-person,

Most research dealing with the effectiveness of sex-offender therapy has been quantitative, mainly looking at the sexual recidivism rates “as the primary measure of successful outcomes in criminal rehabilitation, while other indicators of client improvement and well-being have been ignored” (Levenson et al., 2020; National Academies of Sciences & Medicine, 2022).  Much of the qualitative research on sex-offender treatment appears