Comments on: Station KYMA & Amberly’s Place in Yuma, AZ called out for absurd reporting on Sex Offender Recidivism https://floridaactioncommittee.org/station-kyma-amberlys-place-in-yuma-az-called-out-for-absurd-reporting-on-sex-offender-recidivism/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ed D. https://floridaactioncommittee.org/station-kyma-amberlys-place-in-yuma-az-called-out-for-absurd-reporting-on-sex-offender-recidivism/comment-page-1/#comment-28352 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:54:00 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12080#comment-28352 I would like to comment on the registration process for visiting Lee County, Fl.
My wife and I went for a week to Sanibel Island. I registered with the Sheriff’s off registration officer and was told that before I left, I had to come back in and do a full and complete registration all over again! This is absolute insanity. I already had paperwork from Volusia County that has mt dates of travel and return dates. I understand that I have to register when entering their county but I do NOT understand why I have to do it all over again to leave there.
The next item I would like to report are the “Ordinances” that Lee county has and the mis-information they have within them to justify their ridiculous ordinances. See Lee County Ordinances 06-08 and 11-05. I hope someone from the FAC reads this and maybe takes the time to respond if they have already seen these. Some of the information they give inside is actually laughable. Here are a couple of examples:
Taken from 06-08:
WHEREAS, the board of County Commissioners of Lee County ( hereafter I will refer to them as: BCCLC), Florida is deeply concerned about the numerous recent occurrences in our state and elsewhere, whereby convicted sex offenders who have been released from custody repeat the same unlawful acts for which they has originally been convicted; and
WHEREAS, the BCCLC , Florida finds from the available evidence that the recidivism rate for released sex offenders is alarmingly high, especially for those who commit their crimes on children.

11-05:
Recitals:
WHEREAS, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has assembled the following relevant statistics: (I will type those I think you would want to know about!)
3) At least half of convicted child molesters report that they have also sexually molested an adult.

4) Over 80% of convicted adult rapists report that they have molested children.

5) Approximately one third of SO’s report assaulting both males and females. Research shows that that most convicted SO’s have committed many assaults before they are caught.

6) Over two-thirds of offenders who reported committing incest also said they assaulted victims outside the family.

9) Most offenders commit multiple crimes against multiple types of victims with whom they have varying types of relationships (adults, children, male, female, known and unknown).

I would ask that you look these over and let me know your take on these particular sections. Sounds to me either they are mis-printing the actual facts or there are a lot of dumb people out there!

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