Agreed, the entire scheme is a perversion of the constitution and should be repealed.

It is true that someone could lie when on a remote video chat about where they are living…but exactly how does in person periodic “reporting” (part of the lifetime probation scheme) actually keep a registrant from lying about where he/she is living regardless?

Police are still going to do their legislated warrant-less searches for registrants to confirm where they are registered (also part of the lifetime probation scheme) . That is really the only real check they can have.

The statute originally required, and it is still written into it, that a registrant must respond within a few days to correspondence they send to the registered address. I am fairly sure they no longer send correspondence since they implemented the above mentioned lifetime probation scheme.

You have to think like your opponent.

If video registration where allowed how would they know your not in New Jersey while claiming to be in Bonifay Florida? By using a VPN I could appear to be in Jacksonville while actually in California.

Bottom line is in person registration needs to be repealed.

CALL the Sheriff’s Office. Your Detective is WRONG.

I went to Registration in Duval also and they told me someone was going to call me on the phone….. 2 days later I got the call… & saved $25 !!

Andrea,

So here’s the real deal on registration in Jacksonville-Duval:

904-630-8633 is the correct NEW number to call for a telephone appointment. I did not want to leave a message so I persisted and called several times before a human picked up. The detective took my name and last four of my SSN and told me my assigned detective would call back. My assigned detective called back and I did my registration over the phone. Took about 5 minutes. The $25 fee is being waived.

Just concrete evidence the registry is ” PUNISHMENT”

It is also matter of principle. In many cases, concessions have been made for everyone else. As mentioned in the article, some counties in Florida are taking felony registration by phone but still requiring sex offense registration in person. Other departments have suspended many other operations like fingerprinting, background checks, and even accident reports, yet still require registration. We have been singled out to continue registration even as other police functions were suspended.