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Hillsborough County deputies rounded up 40 sex offenders during a “Halloween Operation” checking for compliance with their probation. In a Monday release, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said deputies contacted 123 offenders in order to make sure they were following the rules. In total, 40 offenders were arrested, with deputies saying that 37 of them had violated their probation. SOURCE

A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled a private housing development does not have the right to entirely ban registered sex offenders from living within their community. The case has statewide implications because it marks the first time a state appellate court has addressed whether private homeowner communities must abide by state regulations that govern municipalities relating to sex offender residency. READ

Public notice signs are up in neighborhoods across Nassau County warning people a sexual predator lives in the area and to not go near the home when asking for candy from neighbors. Leeper says the signs are a warning families should take seriously. As for people who are against the signs, he says they haven’t many complaints since they started

Federal Law prohibits housing assistance to a household if any member of a household is subject to a state lifetime sex offender registration requirement. FAC has written a letter to the head of the US Housing and Urban Development, letting her know what that means to families here in Florida, where every registrant is a “lifetime” registrant. A copy of

According to Sheriff Tim Lane in Scott County, Iowa, “The recidivism rate for sex offenders is actually lower than it is for other crimes.  I attribute that to the hard work of the Sheriff’s Department and the Iowa Department of Corrections.” https://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-offender-compliance-checks-net-10-arrests/article_f61d18b8-81a0-5e97-bd1f-27dbec4cbc9f.html I have copied and am mailing all 26 pages of “The effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration and Notification:

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has partnered with an app that show residents where sex offenders live in their neighborhoods ahead of Halloween. The free app called Offender Watch says on its website that it allows parents to “track your children, map offenders nearby, get alerts if your child is contacted or lingers near an offender’s residence, safety tips,

Here are some bullet points to share on job interviews or to prospective employers who are considering hiring a registrant. The IRS offers some nice tax incentives for hiring someone that is difficult to employ. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit available to employers for hiring and employing individuals formerly incarcerated or those previously convicted

FAC is searching for an individual or individuals who can assist with our social media pages. Generally, content from our website gets re-posted to our Facebook and Twitter pages. Once there, very little engagement takes place (if any, because we currently have nobody managing it). The social media manager(s) would administer our social media pages, engage with people who post

Canada, like the US, has a sex offender registry. Unlike the US, theirs is not public and contains nowhere near (not even close) to the restrictions of SORNA or any State. Even with that, Canada’s Supreme Court was still offended by mandatory lifetime registration and declared it to be unconstitutional. The case is R. v. Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38. Canada

The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office reports more than 80 registered and non-registered sex offenders on probation in Westchester County are required to attend the educational program at the Westchester County Courthouse on Monday, October 31 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. During the educational program, sex offenders will listen to what’s described as compelling stories of devastation committed on both