OK: Sex offenders are a factor in homeless initiatives, city police say
Sex offenders pose a unique set of problems for those advocating for the homeless..
State law requires sex offenders in Lawton to register and check in with the police department every seven days, and that includes those who say they are homeless. Failure to check in can result in arrest, he said. He said some claim to be homeless, but simply don’t have a place to stay because of state statutes (registered sex offenders may not live within 2,000 feet of a facility/place with children).
There is one entity that is trying to help. Grandeur of Grace is working with veterans in the community, and that has included those who are sex offenders. Brooke Brown, executive director, said one of the services they provide is housing and for sex offenders, that typically means placement somewhere outside the city limits.
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So if I commit a crime on day 1, I should be good to go by day 7 right? Then rinse and repeat. (Sarcasm) A complete waste if money and gives a false sense of security.
But hey, as long as money is being well spent (again sarcasm). It’s kinda funny how society in general shoots themselves in the foot time and time again.
Einstein’s definition of insanity: Doing the samething over and over again but expecting different results. Not only are results not achieved but the money that is behind it to not achieve any results is even crazier. But go grab your overly priced, expensive, false sense of security blanket. It won’t keep you warm though. It’s a good thought that it is there but again it won’t stop the cold.
Sorry to hear that, Greg. Hope you have found some refuge somewhere.
I’m ok. there are other far worse situated then me. thank u. these retroactive laws need to be repealled no mater the cost.
I was convicted 2/99. I had to move to Florida (2006) in order to live.
I been harassed by st Petersburg police since. they finally kicked.me.out of the state 2019. because I had to go to Wisconsin to claim my brother’s body. the AG is corrupt.
Fabo
There’s nothing that justifies that much control over people. Not every registrant is at risk of reoffending. That amount of supervision puts an unnecessary amount of strain on law enforcement services, detracting from actual police work. Smaller law enforcement agencies, especially in rural areas do not have the resources to monitor every registrant within their jurisdiction. The homeless registrants due to their unstable living situation may warrant such a restriction, but addressing homelessness is a different matter.
Mary
What Fabo posted can be easily interpreted as a trolling statement because it fits the definition of a trolling statement. Which is to say that trolling is to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content.
Bwj- excuse you, but I feel that it’s a good move to have this 7 days (maybe even more frequent) for the ones with serious felony charges. If they bring it to every state, good 👏🏾
You’re very opinionated, and so am I.
Fabo, please support your opinions with FACTS of how this will prevent crimes.
Does anybody know anything about Pervert Park in st pete/ fl?
P why did you call it that?
Bwj
Watch the documentary called like that( exactly)
Your comment suggests a “mob rule” which is in direct conflict within the workings of a democracy. I also happen to believe that you and others like you speak with erroneous assumptions regarding the level of risk a person poses to society. It’s not your fault. It makes sense that if they’re going to do this under the name of “Meghan’s Law” or “the Wetterling Act” then those convicted must have some done something at least similar to what happened in those tragedies, correct? Nothing could be further from the truth which is why you are wrong. It’s pretty simple: we strongly oppose actions by the State which force citizens (especially those who pose NO risk to society) into permanent homelessness. It goes against the morals of any humane, Judeo-Christian based society.
Most police departments have to waste resources on this useless, bloated registry as it is and if they had to check on Persons Forced to Register every seven days, they’d have even less money for REAL crimes. So go ahead and waste their time, I don’t give a rip. They’ll go bankrupt because law enforcement is largely funded on the local and state level, not federal.
There is no more serious CRIME than pedophilia.
Crb
Pedophilia is a medical diagnosis. The majority of people who are on the registry are not that. Funny that you don’t think that murder is bad.
Bwj
Sometimes murder is in self defense, there are various circumstances why people kill
Bwj
Precisely sickness…If a grown@##%%man is fantasizing to have sex with 13, 14 year old is Sickness
@Derek
LE is happy to harass PFR’s daily. That means they don’t have to tackle real crime. Number one killer of children, adolescents, and teens is guns, number two is DUI related accidents. There is almost zero effort going to preventing these from happening. Actually, there is zero effort going into sex crime prevention, but then again that would actually require real work.
Checking in every 7 days is good and hopefully it will be in every state soon 👏🏽👏🏽
I’m pretty sure you’re just saying that to stir things up (aka trolling).
You seem smart enough to recognize that check-ins won’t prevent someone from committing a crime. How much more tax dollars are you willing to pay to track and accommodate these check-ins?
Jacob
If person has different opinion it’s not Trolling. Please don’t stir it yourself
You’re right bro. Today is day 6th and was thinking of committing crimes but I have to check tomorrow so I can’t 😢😢
That’s why I wait until day 8.
😂😂😂