Lake city not lake county…. It’s Columbia county.

Jev

The highest rank in the Sheriff’s office is the Sheriff. While Sheriff’s Deputies are sworn in and hired, the Sheriff has to be elected by the people. This is contrary to Police Departments which are headed by a Chief. However, in PD’s, that highest rank is hired just like the lowest ranking officer.

Supposedly the people get a say in who will be Sheriff but zero say in who becomes a police chief. Being tough of sex offenders is something most citizens want and praise. So if we were all sent off to an island, there would be little to no push back from the population.

When I worked in law enforcement, I saw firsthand the horrors some officers got away with, and the cover ups that followed. Some of the cover ups were just turning a blind eye and others were active law breaking by making evidence disappear.

I tried to be neutral but eventually had to take sides and since I was not party to authorized criminal behavior, I finally had to resign to get away from the horrors, abuses, lies, cover ups, and lives ruined, in the department and the public.

I was once asked by a professor to write a book on my experiences but I declined. The power some of those people still have to this day, to make bad things happen, is scary beyond description. They do not just go after you, they also go after those who you love and care about. Funny in a way as the registry does about the same thing now that I think about it. And who runs the registries? Yeah, law enforement.

What law enforcement demands is to know where we are and what we are doing. Most Florida registration statutes state we must have a verifiable address. A homeless Registrant automatically becomes non-compliant until their new address is registered within 24 hours to the Sherriff of said County.

I applaud this Motel owner for giving a so called second chance. Lake County Chief needs to be called out here in these actions of his fellow deputies.

I keep and continue to keep preaching about a paranoid society that has been told over and over, we are monsters no matter what the facts of our cases are.

All over Florida Registrants are being made homeless because of Sex Offender Laws made to protect the public but are working in reverse.

JEV-True Confessions

It’s been my experience that complaints against registry enforcement officers from non-registrants carry more weight in the system.

I think we all need to resolve that they will not be homeless, come what may, and work and contribute whatever we need to in order to prevent that from occurring. Of course we need some details of what exactly is being expected of them.

Tereto

I do not live around any other registrants. When I talked to the Deputy about it, he says he likes when there are clusters close to each other, that way he doesn’t have to dive all over town chasing people down.

My point is, if a bunch lived in one hotel, it would be much easier to keep track of them instead of hitting brick walls. And wonder how many will now end up homeless.