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Forum: General
Thread (Discussion): Police step up efforts to keep tabs on sex offenders
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Message 173558 (In Reply to Message 173548)
Posted by Navigatr1
on Feb 21, 2006 01:29 PM | Also by Navigatr1
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I hear what you are saying about opening the door for the cops; however, there is no law that states they must verifiy the addresses of registered sex offenders. Nor is there a law that states a registered sex offender must open the door for law enforcement each time they feel the need to verify an address. If a cop feels they must veryify an address, they can get a search warrant. There are other ways to verify an address than a face to face verification. They can ask neighbors who I am sure are aware of where the sex offender lives because of the registries and they were notified by law enforcement too. They can also ask family or house mates of the registered sex offender for indirect verification of the address.
If a registered sex offender is arrested for failure to register because they refused to open the door for law enforcement, it is up to the cop to prove that the sex offender didn't live at that address. The registered sex offender doesn't have to prove anything even though that it the position they are put in. The cop has to prove that he used every reasonable means to verify the address, which include indirect verification if the registered sex offender wasn't home or refuses to answer the door. Just coming to the door a few times without the registered sex offender answering is not enough to prove that he wasn't living there.
I thought registries were supposed to be a regulatory scheme. If it is a regulatory scheme, then why is it necessary for law enforcement to verify addresses? I guess we need the cops to waste limited resources verifying addresses of all regulatory schemes such as drivers licenses, fishing licenses, hunting licenses, and car registration. How would you feel if the cops came around monthly to verify the address you put down on your drivers license to make sure that you hadn't moved? In most states, they extended the periods for renewing a driviers license to save money rather than yearly renewals. So I guess it would be necessary for law enforcement to go around verifying addresses monthly to make sure that you hadn't moved during that 4 or 5 year period or whatever period the state requires for renewal of driver licenses.
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Message 173548
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on Feb 21, 2006 05:01 AM | Also by dp1
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173371, Navigatr1, Feb 18, 2006 09:28 PM
173393, june5, Feb 19, 2006 02:47 AM
173451, poetsdreamscape, Feb 19, 2006 10:37 PM [no]
173480, rodsmith, Feb 20, 2006 05:19 AM [poetsdreamscape]
174790, Pending Further Review
173548, dp1, Feb 21, 2006 05:01 AM
173550, rodsmith, Feb 21, 2006 06:59 AM [dp1]
174793, Pending Further Review
173558, Navigatr1, Feb 21, 2006 01:29 PM
173564, Valerie, Feb 21, 2006 02:37 PM
173569, dp1, Feb 21, 2006 04:00 PM [Val]
173570, rodsmith, Feb 21, 2006 04:52 PM [valerie]
173574, orolan, Feb 21, 2006 05:12 PM
173602, poetsdreamscape, Feb 22, 2006 03:20 AM [dp1]
174794, Pending Further Review
174560, Rejected
173502, momof5, Feb 20, 2006 06:17 PM
173524, june5, Feb 21, 2006 12:14 AM
173529, poetsdreamscape, Feb 21, 2006 01:49 AM [mom]
173589, Rejected
173584, june5, Feb 21, 2006 07:31 PM [Good ol' hindsight]
174561, 1dadof5, Mar 24, 2006 05:16 AM
174691, Pending Further Review
173591, Rejected
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