Tampa City Council to hear report on concentration of sex offenders
Tampa City Council Members will study the findings of a report from the Tampa Police Department on Thursday about a high concentration of sex offenders living in a one-block stretch of Nebraska Avenue in the city’s V.M. Ybor neighborhood.
Tampa police officials say there are now 100 sex offenders living in V.M. Ybor, 76 of them with distance restrictions to schools, daycares, parks and other places children regularly congregate.
The stretch of Nebraska Avenue housing sex offenders is one of only three areas of the city where sex offenders can legally live while not violating any terms of probation or distance restrictions.
However, Tampa police in its report explained that recidivism rates in V.M. Ybor are no different than in other parts of the city where sex offenders live, and having sex offenders living in a more concentrated area helps police with enforcement as well as any offender checks required by law.
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‘and having sex offenders living in a more concentrated area helps police with enforcement as well as any offender checks required by law.’
Clearly, they regard this as a prison without a fence.
It is geographical incarceration.
@David Agreed!
“Geographical incarceration” Well said.
It reeks of the Jewish ghettos in mid 20th century Europe!!!
It is, indeed, government sponsored hatred!
The Registries exist because of hatred and for hatred. Informed, intelligent, moral people know Registries are worse than worthless and that they should not exist. If someone supports Registries then they are defective at least one of those attributes.
The registry also exists because of monetary funds allocated to whoever feels like becoming a figure who says they are doing it for the kids and are”concerned”.
To yo.
That is funny because not everyone on the registry has a kid as a victim. In fact, there are people on the registry whose only victims were a photo online they viewed. Yes I know if it is a child and you are viewing porn, that is re-victimizing the child, but my point is, I have seen someone get 25 years for looking at a photo and then someone who actually had sex was giving 10 years probation.
Many people on the registry have no under aged victim but get called child molesters or predators without them even looking into our charges. Part of that is sites like Nextdoor which can post basically whatever claims they want about us and we cannot access the site to correct that. I only know what they say about me because one of my neighbors feeds me the dirt they spread about me.
Jack
Yes exactly why the registry needs to be completely shredded.
Worse still, we pay them (in taxes) for the privilege of doing this to us. Maybe we should refrain from paying our taxes until the last moment and then pay it in pennies. Same goes for registration fees (but that may cause more direct retaliation, I suspect.)
Do we know whether Hillsborough has its own SORR? Or is this just driven by state law, probation conditions?
Citizens seeking “a new ordinance to break up concentrations” would be advised to look to the example of Gainesville. The alternative, simply legislating a prohibition on concentrations, will surely invite a lawsuit.
Tampa PD wins points here for their straight talk on recidivism.
So law enforcement doesn’t want the law changed, because it would make their jobs more difficult. Then there are the neighbors, who probably approved of the residency restrictions until the registrants moved in. I don’t know if this qualifies as Catch 22, but it feels like it.
I find it amusing the police say the recidivism rates aren’t any different than any other part of town – but it makes it easier for them.
Maybe it’s just me – but I don’t think the point of the residency laws were meant to make it easier for the police. sigh…
Hopefully the city council sees through this and chucks the residency laws.
As long as Registries exist I will spend (at least) tens of thousands of dollars annually, pay people to exert effort, and exert a lot of mine own effort to make the Registries as difficult to enforce, run, and use as possible. As long as Registries exist, they must cost as much as possible, in time, money, work, peace, and goodwill. Registries are an act of terrorism and war. They are driven by harassing Karens/Kens would are not capable of simply minding their own business and leaving other families alone. Registries deserve an appropriate response and consequences for supporters.
The more difficult it is on the law enforcement criminals, the better. NO ONE should be assisting them in any way (and of course that includes never allowing them to speak to you or see you). They should be concentrating instead on actually working to prevent crimes or maybe solve a couple.
This is encouraging because FAC needs about $10k right now for expert witness fees, transcript fees.
Yeah just like herding cattle.that’s how they see it. Does that make you feel any better?