Registered sex offenders in Oregon recently got a reminder that the state is keeping an eye on them. Law enforcement agencies conducted the latest in a series of checks on the whereabouts of high-risk offenders. It ended in 15 arrests in Lane County. Unfortunately, the operation also highlighted a serious flaw in the public reporting system that enables tens of thousands of moderate and low-risk offenders to remain in the shadows. Full Article
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One step forward:
Leaving Tier 1 & Tier 2 offenders out of public record because they were very low risk.
Two steps back:
Bring back Tier 1 & Tier 2 to the public anyway! People need to know useless but damaging information!
Increase the numbers! Perpetuate the fear!
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It doesn’t list the “crimes” the registrants were arrested for so I think we can safely assume they were for non-compliance. If they were a re-offense you can be sure it would have said. so the people were fine in the public, just sick to death of the registry oppression. I notice the article was desperate for a serious criminal offense to be cited so they listed the non-registry person was arrested for attempted murder. At least they did say he wasn’t a person on the registry. But I guess not enough registrants are offending so they have to start pulling people from other crime stats to make the article induce a sufficient amount of fear..