Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Please Help Fund Our Motive Florida Action Committee (FAC) supports evidence-based policies that are focused on restoration of people to their communities in a responsible way. This includes pretrial diversion programs for first time, low risk, non-violent offenders, and second chances for those who do their time and have not recidivated. FAC advocates for treatment and sentencing guidelines appropriate to
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Warning young adults against possessing or distributing underage pornography!
Read moreSeptember 25, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 25, 2013. Legislators Meet to Discuss Failures in Sexually Violent Predator Program. This week in Tallahassee, legislators are meeting to discuss failures in the Civil Commitment program for Sexually Violent Predators and in Sex Offender Management. The meetings are being held in response to a Sun-Sentinel series which found
Read moreSeptember 19, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 19, 2013. A Warning to State Legislators About Residency Restrictions A current search of the FDLE sex offender database shows 90 registrants living transient at the corner of NW 71st Street and 36th Court, in Miami. They are not there by choice; they sleep outdoors along the railroad tracks
Read moreSeptember 11, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 11, 2013. Using Parks to Zone out Sex Offenders is a Bad Idea Florida Action Committee President, Gail Colletta, appeared on Orlando’s Fox 35 News yesterday to discuss communities installing pocket parks for the specific purpose of zoning out registered sex offenders. The interview can be found here: Group
Read moreSeptember 3, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 3, 2013. Zoning out Sex Offenders A community in Daytona installed a pocket park for the express purpose of exiling RSOs. (see: http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130826/NEWS/130829582/-1/OPINION?tc=a) The article states, “The playground was strategically placed to cover an open zone where sex offenders could have moved into the community off LPGA Boulevard. The playground
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