Hillsborough County deputies to visit more than 1200 sex offenders ahead of Halloween
The sheriff said deputies are determined to contact each sex offender before Monday, even if it means returning to the home more than once if no one answers the door.
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I can’t believe these people are being paid by taxpayers to do this kind of bullshit “work”! Has NO ONE in law enforcement heard that now-retired Justice Kennedy’s legal gaffe has been de-bunked by more recent research, And that the law’s built-in assumption that former sex offenders are all raging recidivists who can’t help themselves is on a par with believing in Vampires? Legislators are for the most part self-interested thieves that will vote for anything the public believes in, whether it’s nuts or not.
I’ve been on probation for 6 years I think i know not to decorate , give candy out , go to no party’s , dont look out my door , window or crack in the wall Don’t leave my house for no reason . I’ve given my family instructions if I should die don’t move my body out of my house till November 2 just to be safe so they don’t arrest me !!! Such a waste of money, time and resources. They came to my house 4 deep just to “check” on me to make sure I know the rules. Funny on TV they show 2 deputys and make it look unobtrusive. reality is nothing like what they show or say
There is no law in the books you have to turn porch lights off or close blinds…. Wow but this is what the Sheriff was stating… And you would be arrested… HCSO
They did this last year too.
More ‘political grooming’ of the people
I got a call from a friend’s wife today . They came to there house for a compliance Chek. He has 18 cars registered and one that was a camper trailer that was not. He’s now in jail for a violation. Not only are they cheking addresses but there also looking for any reason to take people to jail.
Pariah
That is because they know many of us are at the edge of being eligible to be removed from the registry. Just one little “Technical” violation (Hum sounds like probation) can end any chance of ever getting off the registry as you can be arrested for almost anything on the giant list of rules (That are somehow not punitive in nature).
Additionally, I am seeing people on here state they got more time for a registry technicality than they did on their original charge.
That’s exactly why I am not using my boat currently and stored elsewhere until I can register the trailer as home made and tagged. They told me my boat trailer has to be registered with Volusia county but the boat does not. How ridiculous. I can take my boat all the way to Jacksonville or all the way to Okeechobee and doesn’t need registering like my cars do.
Just tired
Wait until we have to register Bicycles, Skateboards, Roller blades, pogo sticks, hoverboards, wheelchairs and other forms of transportation devices.
Remember, whatever they can get away with, they keep pushing the envelope until the dam breaks and a judge finally steps in. Tying up the courts with garbage that should have never been implemented in the first place.
FAC members will not allow this to happen.
Jacob
I was half being sarcastic but you know as well as I do, if they are given an inch, they take a mile. Local sheriffs do things, such as the Halloween signs, that they thought of themselves. Remember the sheriff in Arizona that made male inmates wear pink jump suits.
There was an article a while back about having all registrants wear ankle monitors for life. Before anyone scoffs at that, anything is possible these days. I know we are America, but in Iran they just executed a woman just because she refused to follow Sharia law.
Here if you break a church rule, you can be reprimanded, corrected or asked to leave if you do not change your behavior. But 99.9% of the time you are not going to be killed unless it is that .1% cult.
Having said that, the registry is VERY similar to Iran’s law. Break a simple rule and pay for it in punishment that does not fit the infraction. IE life in prison for failure to register. Meanwhile a murder can get out in 10 years.
An RSO that really WANTs to hand out candy will be doing so at their friend’s home. Hillsboro police can start asking IDs for everyone who is handing out candy! But then again, the RSO won’t answer the door for police. Perhaps the police can hire little people to dress up and knock at the doors of RSOs and ask for IDs. But then again, why would anyone show an ID to a little person claiming to be a deputy when there may be children dressed up as deputies. This all sure is confusing. While the deputies are busy knocking on doors, the RSOs might be directing traffic to keep the children safe from being hit by a car, a task police are too busy to do. Halloween has an increase in children struck by cars yet there is not an increase in sex-crimes against children.
Roger L
So since the entire department is out in force doing a candy patrol compliance check, how many “Real” felonies will be happening and 911 calls being ignored because they are “under staffed”?
” Hey Joe, I robbed 4 people and got 90 days in jail, what are you in for”? “Oh I just put a pumpkin on my front porch, seemingly to attract children to my house”.
‘ABC4 News asked multiple police agencies in Utah how often they see registered sex offenders creating problems on Halloween…Police said they do not get reports of this happening often but said it’s very likely to be underreported.’
Even if you’re not re-offending, you’re presumed to be re-offending:
https://www.abc4.com/news/trick-or-retreat-why-doesnt-utah-have-sex-offender-laws-for-halloween/amp/
Another news report that fails to interview any of the subjects of their report.