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·In the last few months, the Boston Herald along with Fox 25 has come across with a few in-depth articles of interest. I list them as follows;
1) Sex Offender Registry - Felons failing to register
2) ME's Office - Misappropriation of funds / services
3) Dept Public Safety - Permits being issued to unquallified people.
4) John Geoghan's Death at MCI Shirley
After these gaffes were exposed, only then was something done. Why does it take the "Daily Rag" or a news channel to get anything done in this state? Correct me if I am wrong, don't we have elected officials on the job who are supposed to be running the show?
Now 3 top Dept. Public Safety officials have been given their walking papers and several others are being looked at by state & Federal authorities.
The S/P does the "Diddler Round-Up" every week since the SOR articles appeard. Some fat slob from Charlestown gets whacked with a 2 1/2 year sentence for failing to register and they think everything is going to be fine. It's not.
Basically everybody on this board knew about the SOR's failings and the need for it to be fixed. Assachusetts was one of the last states in the nation to put a Sex offender Registry in place. (typical) They rushed it through the state legislature without clearly thinking of the impact it has on some of the people involved.
I for one have locked people up for urinating in public (Indecent exposure)which is now considered a sex crime. This was before this SOR was put into place. Now some poor slob who was 18 at the time of the arrest who plead no contest or got a CWOF is now mandated to register as a sex offender. This is perposterous. This registry should be for skinners or diddlers who actually committed crimes against people. Had I known then that these people would be sentenced to wear a Scarlet Letter on them for life, I never would have locked them up for that specific crime.
Even the levels they assigned people are all screwed up. Level 1 offenders are the least dangerous (or so they say) Level 3 is the worst offenders. This should be reversed. Reverse the level sequence in my opinion and make the Level 1 offenders the very worst. We all look for public enemy #1 and Murder 1 is premeditated which is the worst. Why not do this with the Sex Offender Registry? Just another example of the legislature having no imput from the LE community before their knee-jerk reaction to pass a bill to make the legislators look like they are actually working. They always seem to get is Ass Backwards
The Herald asks Police Chiefs about specific diddlers living in their town to make the cops look dumb. "Gee I dunno" or something similar was the answer most often quoted. The same week these articles appeared, an unamed town in Mass tracked a viscious dog to Maine where the owner had stashed it since it was deemed dangerous and was to be put down. Why can't we devote these resources elsewhere to track down people who actually pose a danger to our children in out communities?
Sorry about the long post. I just had alot of time to burn tonight & needed to get this off my chest. :sb:
1) Sex Offender Registry - Felons failing to register
2) ME's Office - Misappropriation of funds / services
3) Dept Public Safety - Permits being issued to unquallified people.
4) John Geoghan's Death at MCI Shirley
After these gaffes were exposed, only then was something done. Why does it take the "Daily Rag" or a news channel to get anything done in this state? Correct me if I am wrong, don't we have elected officials on the job who are supposed to be running the show?
Now 3 top Dept. Public Safety officials have been given their walking papers and several others are being looked at by state & Federal authorities.
The S/P does the "Diddler Round-Up" every week since the SOR articles appeard. Some fat slob from Charlestown gets whacked with a 2 1/2 year sentence for failing to register and they think everything is going to be fine. It's not.
Basically everybody on this board knew about the SOR's failings and the need for it to be fixed. Assachusetts was one of the last states in the nation to put a Sex offender Registry in place. (typical) They rushed it through the state legislature without clearly thinking of the impact it has on some of the people involved.
I for one have locked people up for urinating in public (Indecent exposure)which is now considered a sex crime. This was before this SOR was put into place. Now some poor slob who was 18 at the time of the arrest who plead no contest or got a CWOF is now mandated to register as a sex offender. This is perposterous. This registry should be for skinners or diddlers who actually committed crimes against people. Had I known then that these people would be sentenced to wear a Scarlet Letter on them for life, I never would have locked them up for that specific crime.
Even the levels they assigned people are all screwed up. Level 1 offenders are the least dangerous (or so they say) Level 3 is the worst offenders. This should be reversed. Reverse the level sequence in my opinion and make the Level 1 offenders the very worst. We all look for public enemy #1 and Murder 1 is premeditated which is the worst. Why not do this with the Sex Offender Registry? Just another example of the legislature having no imput from the LE community before their knee-jerk reaction to pass a bill to make the legislators look like they are actually working. They always seem to get is Ass Backwards
The Herald asks Police Chiefs about specific diddlers living in their town to make the cops look dumb. "Gee I dunno" or something similar was the answer most often quoted. The same week these articles appeared, an unamed town in Mass tracked a viscious dog to Maine where the owner had stashed it since it was deemed dangerous and was to be put down. Why can't we devote these resources elsewhere to track down people who actually pose a danger to our children in out communities?
Sorry about the long post. I just had alot of time to burn tonight & needed to get this off my chest. :sb:
