Las Vegas police partner with smartphone app to show sex offenders in neighborhoods ahead of Halloween
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has partnered with an app that show residents where sex offenders live in their neighborhoods ahead of Halloween.
The free app called Offender Watch says on its website that it allows parents to “track your children, map offenders nearby, get alerts if your child is contacted or lingers near an offender’s residence, safety tips, and more.”
LVMPD partnered with the app so users can “view the locations of registered sex offenders’ home addresses within” the department’s jurisdiction.
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Here is what gets me with all this type of notifications and signs is how does this effect children who might be being harmed? Does this encourage a child to report an abuse? Or does this make them fear people finding out because a sign could go up in front of their house? Or the Aunt’s house? or????? How does any of this encourage children to ask for help? To show that there is help without ridicule and public humiliation for them, their family etc…
IA sheriff: recidivism low because registry.
https://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-offender-compliance-checks-net-10-arrests/article_f61d18b8-81a0-5e97-bd1f-27dbec4cbc9f.html
Thank you, Jacob, for keeping us inform. By the way, I have moved from media chair to education chair.
I noticed the change in chairmanship and am glad that both Media and Education are now in good hands (though could always use more)!
You should follow the link on the article to LVPD’s twitter page. A lot of anti registry replies (although the last 50% are from one person). Also here is the journalist’s email if you’d like to make your voice heard:
[email protected]
Ok, so I read the article and a couple of things. Number one it says kids can have the app too. With public misinformation I get it. But do we really want to arm children, say teenagers with this information. I can’t think this would do anything but make registered people targets. Second, does the app have the small print on all sheriff registry sites that it is a crime to use the information to harass or harm someone else? If not that sounds like a problem for a really dangerous situation.
Invasion of privacy has just reached a new limit! If not stopped it continued to get worse. The Supreme Court is responsible for opening up this intrusion with absolutely no limits.
David
My main concern (Well there are lots of them) is there is not much we can do to protect ourselves. If 3 big guys come in with crow bars, I am screwed. I mean the law seems to basically give the wackos all the info they need to hunt us down. And yes, there are many stories of this happening. (But for some odd reason, we are supposed be comforted by the fact it was ruled as NOT punishment) A death sentence by crow bar is in fact punishment.
More ‘Public Grooming’ by law enforcement.