FDLE Responds to FAC Letter RE: Coronavirus and Registration
The following was received from the FDLE
From: Sexual Predator Unit <SexPredator@fdle.state.fl.us>
Date: April 8, 2020 at 1:52:05 PM EDT
To: gail colletta
Subject: RE: Letter To FDLE re coronavirus 03122020.pdf
Good afternoon,
During the current State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 virus, below is information provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (HSMV) regarding their temporary mechanisms and accommodations for registrants to report registration information as required under Florida laws. As updated information is made available during this time it will be updated on our public website at https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/important.jsf. Registrants should contact and check the website of the sheriff’s office in their county to determine any alternative registration reporting procedures they may have in place during this State of Emergency.
Registrants may request a Driver License/Identification Card Address Update Form by:
- Calling the HSMV Customer Service Line: (850) 617-2000, OR
- Downloading the Form from DHSMV at https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/forms/registrant_address_update_request.pdf
Sincerely,
| Missing Persons & Offender Registration
Florida Department of Law Enforcement |
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| sexpred@fdle.state.fl.us
1-888-357-7332 850-410-8599 (fax) |
PO Box 1489
Tallahassee, FL 32302-1489 |
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“Registrants should contact and check the website of the sheriff’s office in their county to determine any alternative registration reporting procedures they may have in place during this State of Emergency.” Excuse me! What are they being paid for? We are under their supervision! They have issues that effect their ability to do their jobs and we are responsible for it??? Give me a break!
Yea that familiar quote under there supervision. Just like being on extended probation!. “PUNISHMENT”
This does not comply with the in person requirement or the required time frame of 48 hr notification limit of transient address change, the statute requires. Snail mail can be lost, take days or weeks to get there and receive a response, and the offender is probably subject to arrest for a felony following these guidelines that are not approved by the legislature or governor…
It appears FDLE is intentionally omitting information. They fail to address the several sheriff offices that are not readily available for registration purposes.
Great! So people (many of whom have no access to a smart phone, much less a printer) have to
print out a physical copy of their ID/DL
*go in person to buy a stamp (risky) (and snail-mail envelope)
*fill out the form and include the hard-copy of their credential
*and mail it
all in – what? – 48 hours??
These people have got to be F*%$ing kidding!
Man up, DeSantis!!! Just issue the executive order!
Thank you so much Gail for getting this information!!
It appears this DMV Form simply mentions address update and not what kind of address is being updated. There is nothing on the form to denote whether you are updating Temp, Perm or Transient addresses.
It clearly states “NEW RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS”. It makes gives no clarity and neither does the letter from FDLE that there is a difference between Temporary, Transient and Permanent addresses. I would be concerned about using this for travelling for temporary or transient addresses due to the fact that this only states it is for an address update and does not clarify that it would not affect that current PERMANENT address that is on file with DMV and is on my Driver’s License.
It gives no indication that this form when put into the DMV system would not be seen as a change to my Permanent Address which is on my drivers license.
This is actually pretty disconcerting, even though I am super grateful that you are getting a response from them and writing to them to get these responses.
I really appreciate that you are dong this!
So the sum total of FDLE’s response is “call the sheriff, stop bothering us.”
I dont recall the letter FAC sent them initially, but I can’t imagine what questions FDLE thinks it answered. Certainly not the ones that were asked.
If someone’s license or ID has been lost or stolen, how could they complete this? The document requires a copy of the original license.
I contacted the Volusia county sheriff’s office to see if they had an alternate way to re-register. NO. Hours as usual. Had to appear in person.
They are legally entrapping citizens who must register.
We are having no success in helping a client who is not an offender to change the address on his ID. There are no online services for it. In person is shut down. Phones are not being answered. He needs his DL for work and insurance purposes but he can’t get it. It’s frustrating as hell and he’s not even having to worry about the registry. And we’re not in some podunk little one light town. We’re in the capital city of Florida, Tallahassee.
Lol, Florida has to be the most incompetent state I have ever seen.
I live in Jacksonville and April was my date to Register with JSO sex offender registration. In Jacksonville, you get an appointment when to appear. I went to J-Rec on my day and the office was closed. I called 20 times and still no answer. I called JSO’s main numbers and after got an answer. I was told someone from R-Rec would call me within a few days, Registration would be done over the phone. Well, a day later I got the call, updated my Information & was even told my fee of $25 would be waived.It could not have been a better day for me because I have the Virus… sick as hell, but still alive. I read about all the BAD problems everyone was running into and thought I would add some positive news .
Drink lemon and aspirin tea, or watercress.
How can they charge a $25.00 fee. It is a crime to use the registry to secure a payment from a sex offender.
https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/search.jsf
It is in the statutes and a reworded version can be found directly on fdle’s website: “It is illegal to misuse public records information regarding a sexual predator or a sexual offender as defined by Florida Statutes and to secure a payment from such a predator or offender”
In Polk county they are offering to come to your house and do it if you feel sick at all and offer it freely… They obviously don’t need to be told what the best thing todo is.