NM: Repeat Sex Offender Numbers Low in County

Every Halloween night, between 30 and 50 Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies spread out all over the county and knock on the doors of registered sex offenders, as a reminder that the county knows where they are and what they’re doing. The Halloween blitz is just one of the tactics the Sheriff’s Department says could be behind the county’s remarkably low sex offender re-offense, or recidivism, rate. Of more than 1,200 registered offenders that include sex offenders as far back as the 1970s, the sex offender registry unit has identified only…

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Media from RSOL Conference in NM

A collection of media reports about the National RSOL Conference. Quote from one attendee: “The media coverage, which began with great concerns and some misunderstandings about our purpose, changed to fair, balanced, and very favorable reporting and stories, primarily because they did what all good journalists and reporters do; they came; they listened; they interviewed; they asked questions; they recorded and filmed. We thank them for their kindnesses.” http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/sex-offender-conference-begins-dr http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/Conference-on-sex-offender-laws-passes-without-incident/-/9153728/16546406/-/9bwnmoz/-/index.html?absolute=true http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/sex-offender-law-reformers-draw-warning http://abcnewsradioonline.com/albuquerque/conference-to-reform-the-sex-offender-registry-ends-without.html http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2753195.shtml?cat=500 http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/apd-to-hold-sex-offender–town-hall http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/09/04/abqnewsseeker/city-to-host-town-hall-meeting-over-sex-offender-conference-safety-concerns.html http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e88c4f828e07493182f620adc7c1ab20/NM–Sex-Offender-Conference http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2751352.shtml?cat=500 http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/09/05/news/meeting-draws-negative-attention.html APD to hold sex offender town hall9.4.12.flv <http://db.tt/ehxRyY8z> Sex offender conference opens…

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