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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Let’s resist the temptation to frighten those Members who are on parole or probation. Even they have rights.
Must you remain home, open the door, and consent to a Halloween search? Check your paperwork, and consult with your Probation Officer.
Probation says no. But it does also depend on what the judge orders. If not participating in Halloween is in a judgment and sentence or the transcripts from sentencing, then the pos have to follow that. But if there is no such order, then the usually recommend we stay at home and not answer the door. I choose to exercise what limited freedom I have and go to my local casino where there are plenty of cameras watching (and protecting) me.
Halloween hater
That is a good idea, and you might even win the jackpot. I use to go to the Seminole Casino in Tampa, that is until they went all digital on the slot machines and took away the use of and payout of quarters. That was the entire idea and fun of the game, hearing those quarters drop. They lost me as a customer after that.
The most I ever won back in the day was $100.00 off of one quarter. These days I do not work so wouldn’t be able to even afford the gas to the casino. I think they did away with the free buffet as well. Yeah been a long time since I went. I also use to do the casino boat day trip over on the east coast.
Everyone who allows this kind of “compliance/harassment checks” is contributing to allowing this problem to continue. The only people who should ever allow it, year round, are people who are on probation or parole and must allow it. No one else ever should.
Registries are unacceptable. It is way past time to stop putting up with the dumb “people” who think they should exist. Amerika has never been a free country. We should work to change that and kick out people who love big government and don’t want a free country. Let’s get some good immigrants to replace them.
Not punishment
Not probation
Not punitive
Not harassment
As long as the courts keep saying just about anything is ok and nothing is off the table, we will continue to have an invasion of our privacy and sanity. When will a judge stop being political and uphold the constitution of a right to live in peace without invasion of our privacy?
On a side note, I would like to see the “Massive” list of offenders who have kidnapped children on Halloween. The list must be 100s of pages long right?
They always make a blanket statement to put fear in people. Is this a requirement just for Hillsborough for ALL RSOs? I know over the years I have had friends call me to make sure I didn’t participate and I would tell them I am off probation and that didnt affect me. But the news makes that blanket statement or cut the video out that states who it pertains to in the community, I used to sit out in my front yard to hand out candy just to piss people off. We got to know the law and our rights.
I would answer the door and politely and with all the respect 🫡 they deserve tell them to “Go F yourself and have a nice day!”
Lee C
And if off probation, we are not required to be home so how many times will they come to their doors if they are visiting a family member (For less than 3 days/no more than 3 days)
Are we prisoners in our own homes now? Better be home when the big, bad wolf knocks on your door. Sounds very similar to………….probation requirements. But hey, whose keeping track?
What if we take a 2 month road trip never staying in the same place more than 3 days in a row? Do we have to notify the sheriffs department or the FDLE we are gone FAC? I’m never home because I’m retired and always on road trips.
Brian
I am not the person to ask about that. I am petrified to go anywhere other than a day trip. I have seen people on here say they stayed in a hotel for one day and got arrested for not registering a trip. Even if the charges were dropped, technically an arrest still shows on your record making you ineligible for removal. It is a game they play. (You know who they is).
Or sarcastically say: “Congratulations! You just prevented nothing!” – That’s exactly what I tell them every time they take a new photo of me at the local pig station.
Is this a Hillsborough County restriction? How do they force people not on probation to not participate? What if their wife or other family member participates? Or are their constitutional rights nullified if they love someone on the registry?
When I was on probation this was a thing, but not since.
Wow yes was a thing on probation but not since. Of course this is in hernando county.