Registered sex offender round-up for Halloween?

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Jersey

Does anyone know if there are any special procedures for RSO's on Halloween? I would think there would be a police officer stationed outside each and every RSO's house chasing the goblins away. Or do they just round them up and force them to stay in the stationhouse for the duration of the holiday? Or do they do nothing?

Totalwreck123 said:

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Jersey

Does anyone know if there are any special procedures for RSO's on Halloween? I would think there would be a police officer stationed outside each and every RSO's house chasing the goblins away. Or do they just round them up and force them to stay in the stationhouse for the duration of the holiday? Or do they do nothing?

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If you guys in NJ have enough money and officers to babysit every sex offender, then I'm in the wrong state!

I know of no agency that has any specific sex offender detail or response for Halloween. There might be some agency somewhere, or there might be a couple of high profile twits that the locals want to watch, but by and large, there is not any sort of sex offender babysitting service on Halloween. My agency doesn't have enough officers to do that even if we were so inclined.

Thank you, Carl.

The same response would probably apply to any holiday or occasion where children would be present.

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter.....I could continue, but I think we all get the gist.

So, let's hope OP doesn't start a new thread for every public holiday.


Please.

Proserpina said:

The same response would probably apply to any holiday or occasion where children would be present.

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter.....I could continue, but I think we all get the gist.

So, let's hope OP doesn't start a new thread for every public holiday.


Please.

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Yeah, no. Pro, you are just tooooo demanding!

If you are a responsible parent, then you are watching your kids, and if you are watching your kids, then ain't no way is somebody gonna nab your child on their front porch right in front of you.

Proserpina said:

The same response would probably apply to any holiday or occasion where children would be present.

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter.....I could continue, but I think we all get the gist.

So, let's hope OP doesn't start a new thread for every public holiday.


Please.

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There is a particular propensity between Halloween and children. That is why I said Halloween.

Posting history folks.

Proserpina said:

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter.....I could continue, but I think we all get the gist.

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Number of children, unaccompanied, who solicited sweets and gifts on those holidays, at my house ever in history = ZERO.

There is a big difference with Halloween and of course the sex crime unit puts a big emphasis on making sure the creeps are obeying their terms.

A specific "NO CANDY NO TRICKER TREETERS" thing is common for offenders.

BUT - the reality is that the police can only do so much, and doing more is not sensible, it is a bizarre moral panic.

Proserpina said:

The same response would probably apply to any holiday or occasion where children would be present.

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter.....I could continue, but I think we all get the gist.

So, let's hope OP doesn't start a new thread for every public holiday.


Please.

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I have also heard of Halloween round up, so to speak. Some jurisdictions were ordering, although legally not enforceable I suppose, for all registered sex offenders to stay indoors on beggar's night.

1. Children were out in high #'s.

2. The offenders could dress up also and make it extremely difficult to facial/identify a kidnapper, etc.

Now Watch the Magic Pumkin...

washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/15/pumpkin-marks-sex-offenders-homes/

New story from the past.

Bonus points if you can place the movie and context to which the title of this post refers.

All the registered sex offenders and sex offenders on probation in my county are required to show up for a required meeting at our office during the official trick-or-treating hours. But that's just my county in Indiana and the policy of our officer who supervises the sex offenders. It's not law.

There is a difference between being a registered sex offender and being on probation or parole as well. One can exercise leverage with a probationer or parolee, not so with a registered sex offender.

Indiana Filer said:

All the registered sex offenders and sex offenders on probation in my county are required to show up for a required meeting at our office during the official trick-or-treating hours. But that's just my county in Indiana and the policy of our officer who supervises the sex offenders. It's not law.

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Wrong state

The Occultist said:

If you are a responsible parent, then you are watching your kids, and if you are watching your kids, then ain't no way is somebody gonna nab your child on their front porch right in front of you.

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Sometimes it doesn't work that way. And every unaccompained child is not going to get snatched off a porch.