James

A few years back here in Florida, there was one sheriff who regularly was posting a daily blog featuring a new registrant on their site every day which included their address, photo, name etc. He did it to force them out of his county. If not mistaken I think it was Grady Judd. He became sheriff in 2004 and still getting re-elected every time.
The problem is, people were seeing that on the news and going to the registrants house and causing damage, harassment, protest and even physical harm or threats.

@FAC

WOW! I had no idea there were any other ones, and REALLY didn’t know how many states have sites, especially the large list you sent me. I wonder if F.A.C was one of the first to come out.
Glad some of the other states are not alone.
If not for FAC, a lot of registrants would be in jail or prison for violating ordinances that would not have been challenge if there was no one to do so.

Here are other state’s orgs: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RSOL-Affiliates.pdf

You may have the opportunity to point out exactly that. Check your County and City/Town/Village Commission meeting agendas every month to see if a sexual offender ordinance is on the agenda.

FAC Contributor #12
September 27, 2025

“To get ahead of these things proactively, check your County and City/Town/Village Commission meeting agendas every month to see if a sexual offender ordinance is on the agenda.”

This +1. The smaller the community, the less likely it will make media headlines. You must know whether or not you live in an incorporated community or not. If you live in an incorporated city, you must watch both your city and your county websites for any upcoming announcements. If you live in an unincorporated area you need only to watch your county, although you should check out any incorporated communities around you an report it to FAC.

If you use social media, watch posts from community pages. Sometimes it is a local person or group making noise that compels local governments to pass local level legislation.

If there’s no existing law, they may pass one. If there’s an existing law, they may modify it at any time. Nothing is etched in stone.

@FAC

I was just wondering, I know there is NARSOL and some others, but I have never heard of another Florida action committee like website such as for example New York action committee or any other state that has their own group like F.A.C that stands up for their state’s registered citizen’s rights?

Just was wondering if we are the only state that has something similar, and again not NARSOL. Are you aware of any other state that has such an organization for offenders? If not, I guess that is why so many out of staters come on here. (And we do welcome them all)

To get ahead of these things proactively, check your County and City/Town/Village Commission meeting agendas every month to see if a sexual offender ordinance is on the agenda.

I can teach folks how to look up their city/county ordinances. It is actually not that hard to do.

Most of FloriDUH’s city/county ordinances are online. You can type name of ciy/county into your search engine of choice along with the word “ordinances” or “municipal code”, or you can go to the city/county gov’t website, and there’s usually a link. (If you’re lucky, they’re using eCode360, Municode, or American Legal Publishing to host their codes since they have a search function)

Once you find the code, then if the site has a search function you may fave to type in words like “sex”, “sexual” “predator” “feet of” or ‘school” to find it. (Some searches are so precise, sex won’t pull up sexual, that’s why i suggest both, as one place may say sex offender the next may say sexual predator). If the ordinances aren’t online you can contact the city clerk or the local registry office if they have a list of restrictions throughout the county.

If the site lacks a search bar, then you will have to scan for it yourself; restrictions are usually found under titles like “public safety” or “Offenses and/or Nuisances” but can be anywhere.

If you DO see one see who it applies to, what the distance is, if there are other restrictions like Halloween or anti-clustering laws, and if there are any exceptions. Some restrictions may be in different locations, like job/license bans.

Definitions are important. What’s a “designated SO”? The ordinance may only apply to SVPs or those with offenses against those under a certain age. If it is a county law is the ordinance applied countywide or only to unincorporated areas? That is all there is to it, really.

We could set up a workshop on it. I already made a Powerpoint presentation that can be used for this purpose.