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Last Updated on Monday, 7 January 2008 12:33 Written by rslcpol Monday, 7 January 2008 12:32
Yeah, So?
Sgt. Doug Burrier estimated he’ll be in for a lot more work now that stricter sex offender registration laws are in effect in Ohio. Burrier is in charge of keeping that registry up to date for the Tuscarawas County Sheriff Department.
“My phone’s been ringing nonstop from offenders wanting to know when they’re supposed to come in and register,” Burrier said. State Attorney General Marc Dann’s office recently sent letters to all offenders requiring them to register with local sheriffs after Jan. 1.
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So? OK.
In most counties, sex offender registration duties take about 15% of the current caseload and budget. With the extra requirements, the percentage will jump from 15 to 40%. In some cases, over 50% of the duties for LE personnel will be directly related to enforcement of the sex offender registry.
In addition, as more people are upgraded, that means more people will be evicted or fired. These people,though, will have to live, and work, SOMEWHERE. And LE will have to spend more time to keep up with all of these newly-classified offenders.
Of course, RSO’s commit less than 10% of all new sex offenses. The Department of Justice statistics, not a liberal organization, actually state a 5.3% rate.
So therefore, it’s MORE likely that children will keep on getting molested. And we will be putting more people on the registry. That’s not a long term solution for the communities and the parents of children that want to start seeing actual solutions that STOP molestation in the first place, NOT concentrating resources on reinforcing the barn door AFTER the horses have all run away.
I’m as law and order as the next person, but this effort of registration will only create the illusion of doing something, but not of stopping the molestation in the first place.