Sonora, CA — The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department can no longer provide a sex offender watch list or alert residents when an offender moves into their neighborhood.
The Sheriff’s Office has been forced by California’s Department of Justice to drop the “Offender Watch” online service which allowed residents to go on line, enter their address and be alerted via email if a sex offender moved in. Full Article
Gee Sheriff, what now? How much money did you waste? Well, back to the drawing board.
Another example of the cops twisting a law well beyond it’s intended purpose into something it was never intended to be. Probably because of false beliefs about registrants.
Another example that indicates not even the cops are responsible enough to abide by the laws of the land. Tuolumne County Sheriff Jim Mele should go to Florida where he can pervert the law without anyone forcing him to obey the law.
This is a good thing done by California’s Department of Justice.
WHOA!!!
What can I say ?
Another WIN!!!
Chuck Roderick still offers the same “service”, going even further as to publish names, personal details, where people work and who they associate with…
So if the DOJ “forces” cops from doing it, but ignoring Mr. Roderick.. then what the H. E. Double Toothpicks is going on?
Great News! Unfortunately this article doesn’t offer much information. Was this decision handed down pending a lawsuit? Will all the other counties and municipalities in California who utilize ‘Offender Watch’ be required to discontinue patronizing them as well? I hope this will bring an end here in California, and the nation too, to these opportunists who are getting rich off the misery and dehumanizing of a group of citizen who’ve paid their debt to society and who should be able to move on and be left alone.
wondering what else we can ask the California’s Department of Justice to do for us?
Oh yes..
1) Have them tell the L.E that they are NOT allow to go to RSO home and “verify ” that RSO live there.
2)Shut down the Megan Law website because it FULL of errors.
I wonder if this applies to civilians also. When I moved back into my house someone distributed fliers around the neighborhood (maybe it was the sheriffs themselves). I gave them no cause, other than having my name on the list.
This is great. In an earlier thread, I commented that these rules supersede the DOJ notification protocol, and I was right!
Knock on wood but this instance is a crucial turning point in the frenzy of sensationalism, hyperbole, distortion and opportunism that much of these practices are based upon. Now if we can get private security firms that specialize in these practices reeled in …
I recently contacted the Department of Justice regarding my local law enforcement agency which still links to “offender watch”. I asked them if they would be informing all California law enforcement agencies, as well as mine, to stop using this online service. I was told that it was my responsibility to exhaust all local avenues (ie:local police, county sheriff, county D.A. etc.) The letter offered no information as to what I was to do after that. I would like any information as to how this order to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s office came about.