Fewer sex offenders are missing or unaccounted for in Missouri than in years past.
Last year, State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office found that 1,300 sex offenders weren’t properly registering on the state’s sex offender website.
Tuesday Galloway said News 4 that law enforcement has reduced that number by 21 percent due to hard work and better accuracy.
“The sex offender registry is a public safety tool. People expect it to be accurate,” she said. “If information is held by highway patrol or local law enforcement, it’s imperative that it’s accurate, because that’s what the public expects.” Full Article
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I have no other alternative but to call bullshit on this article and Report. Either the first audit was completely off or they’re just plain lying. That is a fact!
A “public tool” that we’re not allowed to use….what a joke. And perfect example of how once you’re on “the list” you’re no longer a part of the Public nor afforded the same protections.
If it were abolished, the problem would be completely solved. Barring that, it seems maybe MO hasn’t been properly using the bribe money from Uncle Sam. What, no compliance checks?
I agree the numbers are probably BS. With STL probably accounting for the largest RC population in MO, its 6% reduction seems out of line with the State’s 21% reduction.
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Nicole Galloway’s first audit which “discovered” all of the unaccounted registrants hit all the newspapers and local tv stations on October 2, 3018. She was in a tight race for auditor and the election took place on November 6th. It was all a media ploy. I know–shocking that someone in a tight election would use that card to get ahead.
“It’s imperative that it’s accurate, because that’s what the public expects.”
Just because something is “accurate” doesn’t mean that it’s relevant, useful or CREDIBLE!
To hell with what the public “expects.” Life is riddled with uncertainty and risk.. better get use to it.
Well…thank goodness all those people are listed correctly now. Now we should see a huge reduction in the number of news articles of sex crimes committed by registerred citizens in this area. Oh, wait.. There were no news articles because recidivism is really below 1 percent.