'Operation Boo' prevents sexual offenders from Halloween activities

[alp227]

Source: KTVU

State and local officials Monday took part in the 18th annual "Operation Boo," a program preventing convicted sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities in an effort to keep children safe.

As terms of their parole, state-supervised sex offenders are required to maintain a 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew on Halloween, are not allowed to have exterior lights, Halloween decorations or candy outside their homes, and can only open the door to respond to law enforcement officials.

Attorney General Kamala Harris announced the plans for this year's enforcement Monday afternoon, saying her office is providing 22 special agents who will work alongside local police and parole supervisors around the state.

The program is "making sure sex offenders are staying in their homes and off the streets, and making sure that our children are safe and protected on a night that is and should be associated with celebration and joy," Harris said.

Read more: http://www.ktvu.com/news/29643652/detail.html

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this is the question i always have about sex offender residency restrictions: why no mandatory minimums for those perverts rather than victimless drug criminals?

[the other one]

1. Yet law enforcement will admit

that they don't have problems with predators snatching children on halloween.

Most crimes involve people who know each other all ready.

More money well spent. I hope you feel safer.

[Rabblevox]

2. Yup. Just like TSA and Homeland Security, I sleep much better at night!

:sarcasm:

[LiberalFighter]

3. How many "sex predators" are they tracking on Halloween?

Seems to be a waste of resources.

[left on green only]

4. Herman Cain? Is this the right thread?

:shrug:

[cstanleytech]

5. This imo is a waste of money and time

if what I have read over the years about the recidivism rate for sex offenders.
Now as to if its "legal" then I would have to say yes provided they only apple this to those out on parole, otherwise imo atleast it would seem to violate a whole heck of alot of constitutional rights.

[snooper2]

11. Yep, it's better for people to do their own research and skip the creeps houses...For example

This sick fuck was outside on a chair passing out candy..

I pre-checked my route for my daughters first trick-or-treat experience......She's 4 days shy from being 2


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[JoeyT]

6. Because the definition of "pervert" keeps expanding.

When we were sold the sex offender list, it was claimed that it would be for the most deviant of the deviant. People that were most likely to reoffend so everyone could keep an eye on them. Then we expanded it to absolutely anything that involves sex in any way. Sexting teens, streakers, and prostitutes can all be found on sex offender registries. Which is exactly what the people opposing it predicted would happen.

[alp227]

7. OK,mandatory mins only for rapists and child molesters? the worst of the worst?

[JoeyT]

8. I'm sure there's an argument against it.

But I can't think of what it might be.

That's about the only lot I'd actually support mandatory minimums for.

[alp227]

9. some would argue that some rapists may be rehabilitated

which is rather controversial and disputable. I've heard of murderers who've been released after only 5 years. And the New York bus driver involved in the I-95 crash in March served 2 years for manslaughter.

[litning]

10. But seriously folks....

targeting homeless sex offense registrants because there has
been a spike in their numbers ... hmmm.  Did anyone stop to
wonder why?  HINT: it might have something to do with the
registration requirements which are making it impossible for
these people to get jobs, rent homes, attend worship services
or otherwise reintegrate into the community.  The laws are not
making us safer, they are creating an excluded underclass.

In politics, Halloween is when demagogues take their latest
fear mongering tactics out for a spin to see if a gullible
public will bite, and how hard. As the National Post put it,
“A one-night festival of ghoulish subject matter, unhealthy
food and talking to strangers, it is no surprise that
Halloween is an annual magnet for moral criticism. Halloween
is when parental paranoia is 'market-tested,' American
columnist Lenore Skenazy wrote in a 2010 blog post. 'If a new
fear flies on Halloween, it’s probably going to catch on the
rest of the year, too.'”

Which is how we get this annual flurry of sex-offender-related
stories on Halloween. Forget for a moment that there are only
two instances that anyone has identified in the history of the
nation of kids being sexually assaulted on Halloween, and in
neither instance did the offender have a criminal record that
would place them on the sex-offender registry. Reality isn't
as important as the opportunity for hyping fear.

All local stories on the subject stem from a press release
from the local Sheriff, probation department, or some other
official, local source, so really it's law enforcement hyping
the issue that drives coverage. Since it's not actually news
but really just self-interested spin, I doubt the media would
bother to produce these stories on their own without explicit
prodding from officialdom.

Bottom line: Your kids are in FAR greater risk from traffic
accidents, drunk drivers, or even being struck by lightning
(not to mention obesity and tooth decay) on Halloween than
from sex offenders luring them with sweets. Indeed, in terms
of sex crimes against children, Halloween may actually be the
safest day of the year. If you're lecturing your kids on the
risks from sex offenders before they go out instead of making
sure they can safely see through their Halloween mask and
reminding them to watch for traffic, you're probably diverting
their attention - and yours - from the most serious public
safety issues surrounding the holiday.

MORE: there is indeed a crime spike on Halloween, but it's not
sex offenses against children but workaday street crime that
routinely increases on that day and should be the main
policing focus.

[snooper2]

12. I can go down the list of sex offenders in my area and they all have jobs

As far as church,

This guy has his own apparently :rofl: , fucking creep
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