Mayor Frustrated in his Attempts to Increase Public’s Awareness of Sex Offenders
December 7, 2005
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles recently proposed televising the addresses of registered sex offenders to increase public awareness. However, a bill signed into law just a few months ago by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger prohibits the city from broadcasting such information on any offender who is not under current investigation.
Villaraigosa’s proposal consisted of plans to air the addresses and pictures of sex offenders released into the neighborhoods of LA over the city government channel. Although the plan was well underway when halted by Schwarzenegger’s bill, Villaraigosa and the LAPD have changed tactics, and are now working on public service announcements promoting web sites that contain information released under Megan’s Law. Villaraigosa spokesman Joe Ramallo voiced the mayor’s concern that the information is still not being distributed widely enough for adequate public awareness.
Councilman Dennis Zine, a member of the committee that oversees the LAPD, stated his resolve to continue pursuing the televising of detailed Megan’s Law information. He insists that such programming is necessary to protect children, and will keep looking for a way to "make it happen."
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles recently proposed televising the addresses of registered sex offenders to increase public awareness. However, a bill signed into law just a few months ago by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger prohibits the city from broadcasting such information on any offender who is not under current investigation.
Villaraigosa’s proposal consisted of plans to air the addresses and pictures of sex offenders released into the neighborhoods of LA over the city government channel. Although the plan was well underway when halted by Schwarzenegger’s bill, Villaraigosa and the LAPD have changed tactics, and are now working on public service announcements promoting web sites that contain information released under Megan’s Law. Villaraigosa spokesman Joe Ramallo voiced the mayor’s concern that the information is still not being distributed widely enough for adequate public awareness.
Councilman Dennis Zine, a member of the committee that oversees the LAPD, stated his resolve to continue pursuing the televising of detailed Megan’s Law information. He insists that such programming is necessary to protect children, and will keep looking for a way to "make it happen."
For more information see MercedSearch.com
posted by MapSexOffenders at 5:06 PM
1 Comments:
My friend is a tier 3 sex offender. His name and picture were blasted in local papers. He now ducks broken beer bottles and the family which he lives with, now lives in fear that someone will hurt them or deface their car.
The truth is that he proved his innocence over 15 years ago. His conviction was overturned and the girl who lied in his case got jail. Due to unconstitutional ex post facto laws, he is still on the registry. What happened to America? If there is justice, an individual should be treated as a person and not, the huge grouping of sex offender. Who allowed such Fascist laws on the book anyway?
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