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In case you missed yesterday’s Weekly Update, Brevard will do a second read of a proposed amendment to a proximity ordinance that would allow private businesses to self-designate themselves “places where children congregate” in order to prevent registrants from literally being within 1000 feet of their businesses. It was bad enough when politicians could install “pocket parks” to keep out

UPDATE 2 – There will be a second conference call on THURSDAY July 28th from 7pm-8pm to continue to organize attendees for the Aug 2 Commission meeting, as well as future Commission meetings. We still need your help. We need more attendees, speakers and letter writers. Join the planning meeting. Call 319-527-3487, or contact membership@floridaactioncommittee.org for questions. This post is

The following is the letter sent to the Commissioners of Brevard County in advance of the commission meeting at which they will consider the ordinance allowing businesses to self-certify as “places where children congregate”. Letter to Brevard 07252022_2   If you would like to submit your own letter, please send it to membership@floridaactioncommittee.org THIS WEEK!

Do community notification laws keep children safe from sex offenders? Ample research suggests that unfortunately, no, they do not, says Sandy Rozek, board member and the communications director for the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL). Part of NARSOL’s mission is to bring attention to the ways in which community notification laws, and other laws that restrict registered

The Government of Dominica is open to the idea of introducing a sex offenders registry but not all are in favor. Currently, only Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Belize have sex offender registry laws in some form. However, the Antiguan and Barbuda government just last week referred their National Sex Offender Register Bill, 2022 to a select committee after an

On Wednesday, July 27TH, 2022 Fox Soul’s “Business Of Being Black With Tammi Mac,”, a live streaming (national) platform distributed by Fox Television dedicated to the African American viewer, will be discussing the topic: SHOULD THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BE ABOLISHED? You can watch the show here AFTER IT IS RECORDED ON WEDNESDAY JULY 27th 2022: https://foxsoul.tv/shows/the-tammi-mac-late-show/  

It was 2009 and in the few years since the City of Miami and the City of Miami beach had passed a sex offender residency restriction (SORR) hundreds of people required to register found themselves displaced to a parcel of land under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, essentially a bridge that spanned Miami and Miami Beach. The tent city was so

HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that former Weissport Chief of Police Brent Getz, of Lehighton, Pa., was sentenced to Brent Getz was sentenced today to 16-32 years in prison followed by three years consecutive probation for the repeated rape of a child and will be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life under

After receiving a response from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, FAC sent letters to all 67 Sheriff’s Offices in Florida to hopefully correct their practice of requiring notice whenever you leave the state (without establishing a new residence). A copy of the letter is below. If your sheriff’s office continues to require you notify them anytime you leave the

At least 181 K-12 educators, including four principals, were arrested on child sex-related crimes in the U.S. in the first six months of 2022, ranging from child pornography to raping students. An analysis conducted by Fox News Digital looked at local news stories week by week featuring arrests of principals, teachers, substitute teachers and teachers’ aides on child sex-related crimes