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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They have no responsibility to tell us anything it seems. But if we forget or life just gets in a way of doing what we have to to make sure they have every bit of info on us like we are so dangerous if we aren’t at an exact location it’s a felony.
Last week Friday with permission from my po I went home to south dakota for many different reasons to include ceremonies of pur people and being with family when I recieved a call from my significant other that the detective who usually drives my and has me step out side and wave to verify I’m here stopped in and discovered I was back home. With everything that’s happening in my life I can honestly say that to forget to tell my assigned detective that I was leaving town was not intentional. With my probation officer giving me permission I felt I was good to go and my po didn’t remind me that I had to check in to leave as well. My trip was suppose to be for 2 and a half weeks of multiple events to include my daughters college graduation and ceremonies but here I am back in Florida to signed paperwork that took a big financial chunk from the wallet that I can no long use for my ceremonies. I’m here for two days then i can fly back. Though the sorna office is working with me on this to correct it which is why I came back the stress of what has to be done in person rather than a phone call is very degrading and bring a sense of importance as a person to the heart. It very hard to live this way.
Frank
You are on probation so I can kind of understand what you are going throuh, I have been there. When I was on probation I went out with a friend once for a day at Disney World. My Probation officer came by the house to check on me (was under no obligation to be home)
She called me on her cell phone , Which I did not recognize so I answered. I wish I had not. She asked where I was and I was honest because I was never told I could not visit a theme park on probation. WOW, she exploded on me and made me hand my phone to my friend, who had no idea I was on probation.
She told him that I could stay this ONE time but if I was to go into the bathroom, he had to go in too to make sure I did not drag someone off into the bathroom stalls.
Anyway, That was then, this is now. I am no longer on any paperwork but still have to check in to the Sheriff’s officer for so many things that they say are not punishment. I cannot see any other group of people who are not on probation who are treated as badly as we are.
We all know it is punishment because it places sanctions, limits, rules, laws and restrictions on us so severe that we can be arrested for violating any of them. Tell me dear Brother, how that is not punishment?
After I was off probation I went to NJ a few times. Every time checking in with sheriff because I had people staying at my house with my animals. Two separate times the sheriff came by to do a check because they never were told I wouldn’t be home. It seems to be a consistent issue there.
Off topic I have left the state, not for registry reasons, and it is better here. Hopefully over time things will change for us all
Unfortunately we have the ‘blind’ leading the ‘blind’…not to demean the blind.
Im not on any paper but three years in a row: i go home to another state for the summers: leave june come back august for kids school. Each year they tell me i need to do my second yearly that falls on july and i need to be back here to do it. Ive always stated if thats correct as im away but have literally been told each year by vcso that i need to return to do the paperwork and then go back to my other state.
JM
The loophole seems to be that you do reside here for more than 3 days a year so are considered a temporary resident. That may be the deal breaker requiring you to continue to register. If you have moved away and never come back or just come back for a day or two it may be different.
Im a florida resident. I do stay a quarter of the year in the other state. They make me fly back when i go away for the summer bet june and august
JM
Ohhhh, I see what your saying. A-hole Florida is making you come back to register even though you are not normally here during those months. That is a tough one. Seems if you are not living here during those months there would be an exception. That actually makes the registry cost you money, which is punishment.
Of course this was most likely deliberately done this way in hopes to put SO’s back in jail for failure to report a change within time constraints. There is no way that this was an unplanned move unless the building caught on fire or was flooded or some other unexplained catastrophy…this is so becoming of Sheriff Grady Judge-the lawman of Florida!
Question? So in Fla, those on SOR have to report when going on vacation more than 3 days to their police dept and then go in again when they return? Do they have to go to the police if they vacation in another state too? If so, isn’t that punishment and what happens if they move like the mentioned above without notice? Unbelievable.
They don’t have to report vacation > 3 days UNLESS they are staying at the same address for that amount of time. But even if it is out of state.
We believe it’s punishment, the state believes it’s public safety, the courts believe it’s more public safety than punishment, and we are working in the courts to correct that.
Because, you know, Polk County…
I’m curious, is that the only location and was it originally at a sheriff’s office? A jail?
Right next to the Hazardous Waste collection site and Polk County Animal Control.
Interesting that it is Near a Hazardous Waste Site and Next to Rabid Dogs….AMAZING!
And FDLE HAS NOT UPDATED ADDRESS?!?!
IS THERE ANY STATUTORY LAW THAT WOULD MANDATE PO-DUNK COUNTY TO PUBLISH A CHANGE OF ADDRESS?
SO, PO-DUNK COUNTY CAN CHANGE ITS’ ADDRESS WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC?!?!…IF A PERSON FORCED TO REGISTER FAILED TO REPORT AN ADDRESS CHANGE, THEY WOULD BE THROWN IN JAIL ASAP!…CORRECT?!?!?
Truth
When will people realize that the LAW is above the law? Or at least they think they are. Cops everywhere lately are being held accountable for their actions. The one exception seems to be, anything related to sexual offenders, where they seem to get a pass and a blank check to do anything they damn well please.
When mistakes or changes are made by the Sheriff’s offices, it is up to us to be private detectives and figure out the mystery? When the pandemic first hit there were registration locations that closed down. You had to call in your registration at some places and got NO receipt proving you did so.
This seems to be a common problem everywhere. They have done that several times here. They want all your contact information so they can contact you any time of day or night with in a minutes notice. But for some reason if they decide to change the place for you to go for your scheduled visit they don’t know how to let you know so you can make the needed arrangements. Very strange.
Maybe they may as well just get rid of all our contact information as they don’t know how to use it anyway.
That sounds like it could be a good lawsuit argument. Changing location without notice and knowing that if you’re a day late to register can get you arrested sounds like 100% setup.