Weekly Updates

Weekly Update #145 Dear Members and Advocates, I’d like to think we accomplished something big last week. The language that we were so concerned about in Senator Book’s Bill, SB 234; “A day includes any part of a calendar day” might be gone! I say “might” because you never know what kind of shenanigans can happen before this Bill reaches

Weekly Update #143 Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday, the Volusia County Sheriffs Office made a mistake. Instead of sending a text message alert (that a registrant had moved into the community) to only the people within 1000 feet of his new residence (as intended), they blasted it out to the whole county. Clearly it’s embarrassing for your immediate neighbors to

Weekly Update #142 Dear Members and Advocates, Today, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case having nothing to do with the sex offender registry, but that might have an impact on registrants and their families. The case is Caniglia v. Strom and it deals with warrantless searches of one’s home. Here’s what happened in Caniglia: One day Mr.

Weekly Update #141 Dear Members and Advocates, So much respect is deserved by Patty Wetterling. In 1989, Patty’s son Jacob was abducted and killed near their home in Minnesota. Three years after Jacob’s abduction, Minnesota enacted a registry in his memory and a couple years after that, the federal government did the same. In fact, the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against

Weekly Update #140 Dear Members and Advocates, It might not seem like it, but we did accomplish something significant last week from our Call to Action on Senate Bill 234. We made our objection known and we showed that our members can raise their voices and raise awareness in Tallahassee. Here’s the reality of the situation on SB234… It’s sponsored

Weekly Update #139 Dear Members and Advocates: We have been calling on our members to contact their lawmakers to oppose two bills that are making their way through the Senate this term. SB 932 (Prohibiting a court from granting time-sharing with a minor child to a parent registered as a sexual offender or sexual predator under certain circumstances) and SB

Weekly Update #137 Dear Members and Advocates, During the past couple of weeks we got a lesson in how cloudy Florida politics are. It’s not like we are surprised –  we have constantly heard stories from our President’s trips to Tallahassee – but to see it in action is extremely disheartening. The lessons we’re talking about came from Senator Lauren

Weekly Update #136 Dear Members and Advocates, There are three bills making their way through Committees, which we need to keep our eyes on and do our best to voice opposition against. They are: CS/SB 234: Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders or its companion Bill in the House HB 193 . This bill, introduced by Senator Lauren Book,

Weekly Update #135 Dear Members and Advocates, Last week two FBI agents were shot while attempting to serve a warrant on a CP suspect in South Florida. The shooting was a tragedy on so many levels. First, it’s a tragic loss to the family of the two agents who were killed and to the law enforcement community. Our thoughts and

Weekly Update #133 Dear Members and Advocates, Occasionally, I ask you to put yourself into the shoes of someone else. Imagine yourself one of the 100+ registrants who are currently living transient in a Miami-Dade homeless encampment because residence restrictions leave you nowhere to live. Imagine you are one of the 30+ registrants who are being held in a Highlands