The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has stopped all in-person registration of individuals required to register as a sex offender in that city. In place of in -person registration, LAPD is allowing individuals to register by telephone.
“LAPD is to be commended for its decision to protect registrants and their loved ones by allowing registrants to register by phone,” stated ACSOL President Chance Oberstein. “Unfortunately, there are many other law enforcement agencies that still require registrants to register in person.”
According to LAPD, signs will be posted at every police department where registrants normally register. The signs will include a phone number to call in order to register telephonically.
“LAPD has promised to provide ACSOL with a list of phone numbers to call so that registrants in the City of Los Angeles do not have to have to travel to a registration office,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci.
Following are contact numbers for registrants living in the City of Los Angeles to call in order to register. Registration in person is no longer required or even possible. Create a written record of the date and time that you call for possible future use.
Central Division 213-833-3740
Rampart Division 213-484-3637
Hollenbeck Division 323-342-8994
Northeast Division 323-561-3270
Newton Division 323-846-6576
77th Street Division 323-786-5423
Harbor Division 310-726-7918/-7919
Southeast Division 213-972-7899
Southwest Division 323-276-3658
Valley Bureau 818-374-9675
(San Fernando Valley – 7 patrol divisions)
West Bureau 213-473-0404
(Hollywood, Wilshire, West Los Angeles, Pacific, and Olympic Divisions)
Wonderful information. Thank You 🙏 for all of your efforts on our behalf.
That was FAST!! Awesome Janice!!
I am hoping the city and state will look at this and say Wait a min.. We can save time and money by having 290 calling not coming in and register..
We just posted the list of phone numbers in this article.
This gives the impression it could be permanent. Is there an effective period of time for this or until further notice based upon COVID-19/when Gov Newsom lifts the CA stay in place order? Should be defined a bit more to ensure it is fully understood within the parameters people need to know to avoid potential future legal trouble.
My my my. How quickly that fell apart.
I want to thank the ACSOL for their efforts and interaction with the LA Police preventing Registrants and city employs from having to spend hours in crowed room is dangerous for the public this is a win for all!
Thank you for this information. ACSOL is doing more to communicate necessary information to registrants than the registering agencies are.
Dang, I missed this by a month. If I had to call in my registration today I’d cough uncontrollably during the call to dissuade the BS follow-up compliance check.
Thanks Janice, Chance and team!!
Because of this groups effort the LA PD have relented, for now.
It seems to me the law hasn’t actually been rewritten, for now this is another example how the cops and the rest of state’s administrative branch in the U.S. have the privilege to enforce only the laws they like. Our immigration policy seems to be rule fiat or selective enforcement if you will in the same way.
What great news. I wonder if other counties, like Orange County, will follow suit. They have to. Otherwise, LA County will not be safe if other counties allow in person registration, which will spread to LA in no time.
Well done.
Nice job putting out this notice. Very fascinating to see how local government, agencies, and police bend during times of crisis. Definitely taking notes on what situations can force them to relent their hardline policies…
What is to stop a person from say, impersonating a registrant and changing their address or listing another vehicle say, belonging to someone who’s vehicle is parked often at a school, etc? People who are forced to register are already targets.
Caller ID can be spoofed easily as well. There are also voice changer software tools to aid in this kind of behavior. Think i’m crazy to suggest this? If you think i’m crazy to think this, just remember I was sued, in another state i never lived in, by mugshot extortionists even though no legal complaint was ever filed against me. By the same people who got denied the ability to depose another victim, allegedly forging documents to enter a jail to spend 7 hours deposing that person against the courts’ orders, to which that deposition STILL was allowed to be entered as evidence in said court.
The system clearly favors anyone who attacks registrants. That’s from my own personal experience. The harassment started in 2011. It’s now 2020. I don’t trust that this phone call solution is a solution. It’s best to just stop requiring anyone to register in the first place.
tons of 12-step groups are doing their meetings with Zoom and other teleconferencing. With Skype and all these apps that show your face their is no need to go their in person. This proves it.
Lmfao what happened to every sexofender must register in person for the safety of the community…
daam that fell apart hella fast ..this truly is a game changer for the state of California
I never thought I’d see the day the megan law website would become meaningless and falling apart.. great job Janice Bellucci
Thank you very much. I’m so relieved, so grateful.
1) Does anyone think this isn’t just temporary?
2) They should be able to verify your identity by asking you to answer some questions from your file that only you would know the answer to.
3) Going to an online face-to-face system like ZOOM would be great, and they could easily capture your annual mugshot, but how would they get your annual fingerprint scan? (because we all know that your fingerprints change every year…. 😉 )
Thank you [LAPD] Central Division, I have been registering here for well over 18 years, it’s all been done with respect. Thanks again let’s hopefully make this permanent.
Is there any movement on what LA Sheriffs are doing Janice?
Currently, LAPD Southeast Division is requiring registrants to appear in person to fulfill their 290 registration obligation. LAPD detectives are to be available outside the station per regular registration hours, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, to facilitate registration. There is no signage referencing telephonic or video registration alternatives and no mention of alternative registration methods, telephonic, video or otherwise, when speaking with a front desk officer or when directly contacting the detective unit to inquire about protocol to mitigate Coronavirus risk.
Registering at LAPD Southeast Division is dangerous, the risk of novel coronavirus spread by the officers on duty is extremely high. The officers do not wear masks or gloves, they do not make hand sanitizer available, they come within three-to-five feet of the registrant to give verbal direction, they direct the registrant to remove their own mask while they are well within that three-to five-foot space and they interact within close proximity to each other without precautions. There are no social distancing measures evident at all. Indeed, there appears to be complete disregard for the severity of the pandemic. Beware. Anyone who must interact with the LAPD Southeast Division, as a registrant or otherwise, is imperiling their lives, those of their families and of others.
Hi, I will be in a hotel near LAX December 1 – 31st. How do I determine which police station to contact regarding registration? Thanks!
Question for those in the know. Visiting Las Angeles this summer.