Polk County registration location changed
From a member in Polk: Polk County has changed their registration location without telling anyone. I went to the old office to update vehicle registration and found it closed with a sign on the door. The new location, 7101 Decastro Road, Winter Haven, Fl, 33880, is hard to get to. Other registrants were complaining that there’s no close bus stop, and nobody seems to have been notified of the change – even those who had appointments to register. Please get the word out – it’s horrible for people to make arrangements to get to Bartow only to find the place has moved.
As of 5/14/2021 the FDLE still has the old address listed on the directory: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/Documents/REREGISTRATIONLOCATIONS.pdf
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been hearing for years they were gonna move out there, they are supposed to be working on a ” kiosk” where you can come in 24/7, scan you lic. and register yourself, update info.. etc.. but, it is the middle of nowhere
J
Hell, if I could register at a kiosk and avoid the BS, I would drive across the state. As long as I got a reciept of doing so. Of course, a kiosk poses a question of safety for registrants.
Say the news does a story on the new fangled idea of a kiosk for sex offenders to register. Then a bunch of vigilantes lay in wait for an unsuspecting person to come use it and WHAM! A bullet to the head fired from the woods, or 3 guys with baseball bats come after you. At least inside the Sheriff’s office I feel mostly safe from harm.
Some jails have a check in kiosk for those who are out on bond inside the jail lobby. A palm print is required, money, etc.
It appears that as much thought went into changing the location of the registration office as goes into the operation of the registry. No one is in charge and everyone is in charge. Reminds me of ‘Catch 22’.
Capt
I heard a rumor that each morning at the Sheriff’s office briefing, they draw straws on who has to man the sex offender registration chair of shame. Unless of course there is a new guy, then he gets the job. They have changed employees at least 5 times in the last 24 months at my registration office.
Its kind of funny they just spent all the money to set that office up so they could charge us for registering. Then move it. Then they don’t tell anyone so if you go on your last day or close to your deadline for something and its not there and you have no way to get to the new office your in violation yep dude has stopped to a new level of low
These are things that the Florida state legislators need to be made aware of.
No reason for this bull shit
Crying Crack Head not wathinging his kids, crying in front of the legislature. Because the State let a Crazy go who had ask not to be. Fish story, Not
Effectively criminalizes lacking adequate transportation.
I’d be curious to know when they moved the office and how many other people have been affected by this.
This is a set up from one of the most vengeful Sheriffs in all of Florida. Sheriff Grady Judd has a history of using questionable tactics to ensnare registrants on Failure to Report charges. It’s wouldn’t surprise me if they changed the office location without notification on purpose to ensnare more registrants and make headlines because old Grady Judd loves the news cameras
I always call the office at the beginning of the month where I register too make sure they are open and nothing has changed. Doing it tag the beginning of the 2 months I register gives me plenty of time to adjudge in cased I need to.