Interesting fact, but, how that proves homelessness is beyond me. It seems to say that, every registrant moves once a year, and some more times than that, but, proof of homelessness?7-1-2011 North Carolina:
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. -- Right now, 840 sex offenders are registered in Mecklenburg County.
Those offenders have changed their registered addresses with the Sheriff's Office nearly 1,000 times this year.
Deputies said that means a growing number of sex offenders are homeless, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of them.
Eyewitness News reporter Kathryn Burcham found out it can be more difficult to track offenders in Mecklenburg County than in many other places because some register at homeless shelters.
More than 60 of the county's 800-plus sex offenders list the men's shelter on North Tryon Street as their permanent home. But they're not always there when deputies do random verifications.
More than 20 other sex offenders are listed as “address unknown.”
“They're wandering throughout the day,” said Capt. Kris Rahe with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
Nearly a dozen others list Charlotte hotels as their home address.
“It's a dirty secret no one wants to talk about, homeless sex offenders,” Rahe said.
Rahe said he doesn't have the time or resources to track down the growing number of homeless sex offenders in Mecklenburg County.
In 2008, deputies had to verify 623 address changes. Last year, that number was 818. And in just the first six months of this year, they've had to verify 962 address changes.
Rahe called the increasingly transient population a dangerous trend.
“Sex offenders by nature are a higher threat than the average offender,” Rahe said.
He said the Men’s Shelter on North Tryon Street is one of only a few in North Carolina that allow sex offenders to stay there.
“The board of that shelter needs to say they're not going to accept them anymore,” Rahe said.
Eyewitness News took that to shelter Director Carson Dean.
“Our policy is that we accept all homeless men and I don't see that policy changing,” Dean said.
Dean explained the policy as very simple -- to help the homeless no matter their background.
“We work with everyone because we would rather them be in the shelter where they are safe and stable and getting some help than just on the streets,” Dean said. ..Source.. by WSOCTV.com
“Sex offenders by nature are a higher threat than the average offender,” Rahe said.
ReplyDeleteBased upon what statistics or studies does Capt. Rahe base his statement? A 2003 DoJ report based upon the tracking of nearly 10,000 sex offenders released from prison in 1994 revealed that the recidivism rate (another sex offense) was 5.3% within three years of release.
Meanwhile, a similar report released in 2002 reveals the following: Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates [over three years following release] were robbers (70.2%), burglars (74.0%), larcenists (74.6%), motor vehicle thieves (78.8%), those in prison for possessing or selling stolen property (77.4%), and those in prison for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons (70.2%).
But Rahe thinks that sex offenders are the biggest threat?? He is stating his opinion, not the facts!
So the director of the homeless shelter is trying to provide shelter for human beings. And the local CAPTAIN of law enforcement is trying to throw these same human beings out in the street because "by nature sex offenders are a higher threat".Perfect example of the mentality of our nation when it comes to registered offenders.Our government could give a rats a**
ReplyDeleteabout sex offenders.If they could get away with it ,they would let the public murder all of them
via mob style justice.Fortunately we haven't reached that point yet. So we can't let our guard down and we must stand together.After conviction,incarceration,and probation it's OVER.Don't let society convince you you have to pay for the rest of your life just because it is THIER PERCEPTION that a victim is ruined for life and all sex offenders "deserve the same".
That is the mentality of many in legislature and not willing to admit they are WRONG! I am a registered sex offender, been one for well over 10 years. I do not live in NC and do not have the homeless problems as the some have. Most sex offender laws passed in the last 8 years only cause more problems for the states and those trying to enforce them, with NO effect on the safety of children. This is being proven daily to those states that have already placed all these restrictions on registered sex offenders.
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