Member Submission: Registration during Covid
At this moment I am in line to register in person at Pasco county. The regular registration officer is out today, and there is only one. They put someone in as a temporary replacement and so far I’ve been outside, in line for over an hour. A very angry lady in front of me has been here 3. The sheriffs dept/jail is closed to all visitors but only one person handles this. Amidst covid, we must wait outside. With over a one hour round trip, I am not one who wants to come back. So here we wait. I really don’t understand why In person is necessary when we get visits to our home every 3 months which is much more solid than just driving to the jail, showing your ID, and signing a paper.
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Does anyone know what the protocol is for Broward County registrants to follow currently?
The first time in this area back in January, I had to drive down to the Courthouse, park in a lot nearby and go to the Felony/SO registration office just around the corner from the entrance. It was a small office and manned by 1 clerk (officer). The whole process took less than 10 minutes, but that could be because I was the only person in at that time.
It’s the same
Just a recent comment on news.
I noticed Mary Kay Letourneau has died at 58.
May she Rest In Peace till her maker gives her a fresh start in a world that is not inhuman . Not understanding her inner battles she was facing during this life.
She was said to be a good person, and I think she was. Also smart, but she had inner battles this world refused to understand at a time when this country was going through demoralizing changes to laws that automatically convicted persons and put them in a class of the worst of the worst, when what she needed was emotional guidance and support so she could feel worth . She had low self esteem and laws made it so she could never be helped but only pushed to be entrapped in her inner inadequacy .
She is no longer in pain.
I also registered in January this year, Pre-COVID, and July of every year. I’ve never waited more than 30 but usually walk right in and get it done and out. Oh plus the hour round trip drive. I do think there is some peace to having the paperwork but if we do it online, couldn’t we just print it out. Phone calls are not efficient either, nor do they provide any documentation. There’s a better way. There’s just not the right people in place to think it through, or who care.
I was there last week to do a transient check in. All you have to do is go inside the courthouse, tell them you are going to criminal or BSO registration. They will give you a piece of paper that will act as a pass since no one is really allowed in the building unless you have official business, go through security and then to the left of the registration office they take your temperature then wait in line unless the registration office is clear of people, then register and leave. Process still takes about 5-10 minutes
They have moved it from the courthouse to the probation office. Enhanced to be even more like probation. Aka punishment!
I report in Broward every three months and in June it was back in the Court House. Like others, my wait was very short as I was only one there. The staff are very pleasant and understanding – maybe because I’ve been going there for over 15 years. They have masks on and added plexiglass shields on the desk. BTW, in Weston, the Sherriff comes by every! month. However since the pandemic began, we haven’t seen any deputies at the house…but no explanation either.
Register in another county. If you’re on probation, tell your PO what you’re doing and/or get permission (travel permit) to do so. Sounds as though a class action (since this is civil), may be in order.
It so happens that we have two legal challenges to this j process. One is the in-person registration. challenge. The other, the ex post facto plus lawsuit, challenges, among other things, strict liability, which I suspect is one of the drivers behind all this inconvenience.
FAC legal, last I recall for the in-person challenge, they were looking for plaintiffs so that they would have standing to re-file. Is that right?
That is correct – however we will update on that soon.
You think that’s bad come from another state , your time should be up and never on the internet and Florida changes everything, lifetime registration and now on the internet without a court order
Just a follow up to this. I left my home at 9:30 am to register. I went straight there and straight back. I returned home at 1:30pm. 4 hours in total. I had to take time off of work to register and get there, which is why I endured the wait. Plus, once you’re in line, you just keep going right. I ended up waiting in line for just over 2 hours and 45 minutes and it took him less than 15 to register me. All lives matter, except registrants?
I sat from 2:00 to 5:30 in our registration office here in El Paso County Colorado yesterday. Our office has 2 people in it and is open 8 to 8:30, 5 days a week. Additionally you register quarterly up to 5 days before your due or 3 days past the date and still…a 3.5 hour wait only to tell them your information has not changed since the last quarter. Paperwork? No… they don’t want to take the chance of contact. It’s an oral interview, you tell them nothing has changed, they snap a photo, no fingerprints anymore (so why was it necessary before COVID). What a friggin circus. If you are wondering who the ring master is and who the trick monkey is, let me hand you a banana while you ponder the question.
Because…. it’s all BS to further punish us . Any and all inconvenience to us is their gratification. Once we understand this mentality it will Become less frustrating
I was watching a crime watch show where this guy had accosted , raped, and murdered/burned 6 women. When they finally caught the guy. They asked the guy why he had to kill them? His answer was “ I’d rather be known as a murder than a rapist” ( rape couldn’t been proved since he burned the bodies) The detective Said “ Yes if he’d have to have a label between the two it’d be Murder. Why? Because even murders don’t get treated as SO do!