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Sex Offender News - All sex offenders to be barred, says Kelly (Guardian Unlimited)
All sex offenders to be barred, says Kelly (Guardian Unlimited)
All sex offenders, whether cautioned or convicted, will be barred from working in schools, the education secretary Ruth Kelly announced today, as she fought back against public concerns her department had been caught unawares by the issue.
Sheriff looking for sex offenders (Washington Evening Journal)
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in locating two registered sex offenders, Elijah James Keller and Desmond W. Beaulieu, who have moved from their last known address and failed to re-register at their new residence.
Sex Offender News - State re-examines therapy program for sex offenders (The Times Argus)
State re-examines therapy program for sex offenders (The Times Argus)
The controversial prison sentence Judge Edward Cashman handed to child molester Mark Hulett about three weeks ago opened up a sometimes ugly debate over how the state handles sex offenders.
Child Safety News - Children's Raincoats Recalled (ERT.gr) Children s raincoats of brand Marmot, Boys
Children's Raincoats Recalled (ERT.gr)
Children s raincoats of brand Marmot, Boys & Girls PreCIP Jackets were recalled from the Greek market, after the General Secretariat for the Consumer was informed by EU s Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products (RAPEX). Their hazardousness was detected by the British Authorities, since their hood has an elastic tightening cord, which is banned by children s wear safety regulations, due to a
More guns would endanger children (Wausau Daily Herald)
Kids and guns don't mix. In Wisconsin, between 1997 and 2002, 26 children younger than 19 died from an accidental gunshot wound.
Sex Offender News - All sex offenders to be barred, says Kelly (Guardian Unlimited)
All sex offenders to be barred, says Kelly (Guardian Unlimited)
All sex offenders, whether cautioned or convicted, will be barred from working in schools, the education secretary Ruth Kelly announced today, as she fought back against public concerns her department had been caught unawares by the issue.
Cape passes tough restrictions on sex offenders (WBBH)
CAPE CORAL In Florida, it is against the law for sexual offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school. About half of Cape Coral's elementary schools are within 1,000 feet of where a registered sex offender lives.
Sex Offender News - KSP hunts sex offenders who duck lists (Grayson County News-Gazette)
KSP hunts sex offenders who duck lists (Grayson County News-Gazette)
For the past few months, the Kentucky State Police has quietly gone about locating registered sex offenders who are in violation of Kentucky's registered sexual offender laws.
Assembly OK bills tracking sex offenders, allowing 'casino nights' (North County Times)
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- A state panel could monitor sex offenders and regulate how and where they are placed in the community, under legislation the state Assembly approved Monday.
Sex Offender News - Residency law creates clusters of sex offenders (The Des Moines
Residency law creates clusters of sex offenders (The Des Moines Register)
Most of Iowa s more than 6,000 registered sex offenders live alone in houses or apartments. But in the wake of the 2,000-foot rule and the myriad...
KSP hunts sex offenders who duck lists (Grayson County News-Gazette)
For the past few months, the Kentucky State Police has quietly gone about locating registered sex offenders who are in violation of Kentucky's registered sexual offender laws.
Child Safety News - Wal-Mart Supercenters host second child safety education event (The Times
Wal-Mart Supercenters host second child safety education event (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
In the fall of 2005, Wal-Mart hosted the first-ever Smart Parent&Safe Baby event with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Abbott's Ross Products Division where parents and guardians received information about child safety and wellness and free child ID kits.
Sex Offender News - Burl. Twp. begins steps to restrict sex offenders (phillyburbs.com) Burlington
Burl. Twp. begins steps to restrict sex offenders (phillyburbs.com)
Burlington Township is taking steps to restrict where registered sex offenders may live.
Police seek whereabouts of 2 sex offenders (The Huntsville Times)
Huntsville police are looking for two convicted sex offenders wanted for violating the community notification act. Officers have felony warrants for the arrests of Lloyd Druin and Ivory Strickland, who are wanted for noncompliance with the state's sex offender laws, investigator Kathy Pierce said.
Sex Offender News - Lawmakers To Present Bills Dealing With Sex Offenders (The Denver
Lawmakers To Present Bills Dealing With Sex Offenders (The Denver Channel)
DENVER -- Lawmakers will be taking up several bills this week dealing with sex offenders and how the state monitors and punishes them. Some legislators said they're needed to correct oversights in state statute.
Sex offenders most likely to reoffend should be confined (Saratogian)
Gov. George Pataki's plan to use vacant space in psychiatric centers around the state as temporary holding stations for the most dangerous sex offenders has some flaws.
Sex Offender News - Borough may restrict sex offenders (phillyburbs.com) Like several other municipalities
Borough may restrict sex offenders (phillyburbs.com)
Like several other municipalities in Bucks and Montgomery counties, Dublin is considering restricting where registered sex offenders can live.
Lawmakers To Present Bills Dealing With Sex Offenders (The Denver Channel)
DENVER -- Lawmakers will be taking up several bills this week dealing with sex offenders and how the state monitors and punishes them. Some legislators said they're needed to correct oversights in state statute.
Child Safety News - FORMER KNICKS EXEC RECEIVES THREATS (New York Post via Yahoo!
FORMER KNICKS EXEC RECEIVES THREATS (New York Post via Yahoo! News)
The former Knicks executive accusing team GM Isiah Thomas of sexual harassment is receiving threats and is "concerned for her children's safety," according to friends.
Parents, school officials try to educate children on internet safety (The Town Talk)
"young but cool." "Decorated Romance." "XxPiMpIn_TrAvIs_14xX." Would you know that these are the screen names of Alexandria-area teens? You might not catch these, but others aren't as cryptic. The screen names are the teens' actual names or some connection with their school.
Sex Offender News - Burl. Twp. begins steps to restrict sex offenders (phillyburbs.com) Burlington
Burl. Twp. begins steps to restrict sex offenders (phillyburbs.com)
Burlington Township is taking steps to restrict where registered sex offenders may live.
Keeping tabs on sex offenders (Selma Times-Journal)
There are between 40 and 60 registered sex offenders living in Dallas County, according to officials.
Sex Offender News - Pataki Would Hold Sex Offenders in Mental Centers (RedNova) By
Pataki Would Hold Sex Offenders in Mental Centers (RedNova)
By Candice Choi Psychiatric centers with vacancies soon could become temporary holding stations for the state's most violent sex offenders. Gov. George E.
Sex Offender News - Bill Would Impose Harsh Sentences On Sex Offenders (The Kansas
Bill Would Impose Harsh Sentences On Sex Offenders (The Kansas City Channel)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas senators approved a bill Friday to impose tougher penalties on sex offenders, especially those who victimize children. The 35-4 vote sent the measure to the House.
Senate bill would raise penalty for first-time sex offenders (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
DES MOINES --- First-time sex offenders who target children would serve a mandatory 25-years-to-life prison sentence under legislation endorsed Thursday by Republican and Democratic leaders in the evenly divided Iowa Senate.
Child Safety News - Children weren't in car seats (Lexington Herald-Leader) Two Pulaski County
Children weren't in car seats (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Two Pulaski County children, ages 2 and 4, who were killed along with their driver in a car wreck Sunday, were not in child safety seats, officials said yesterday.
Your views: Please, keep our children safe (Winona Daily News)
I am deeply concerned about the safety of our students at Winona Senior High School. With recent changes in the athletic director position from half-time to full-time, we have lost another half-time disciplinary position at the high school.
Sex Offender News - Senate bill would raise penalty for first-time sex offenders (Waterloo
Senate bill would raise penalty for first-time sex offenders (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
DES MOINES --- First-time sex offenders who target children would serve a mandatory 25-years-to-life prison sentence under legislation endorsed Thursday by Republican and Democratic leaders in the evenly divided Iowa Senate.
Sex Offender News - So many sex offenders, so much legislation (Federal Way Mirror)
So many sex offenders, so much legislation (Federal Way Mirror)
By MIKE HALLIDAY The Mirror It s part politics and part perception. A recent count of the number of bills related to sex offenders in the state House and Senate came to 28, with 10 of those being duplicates on both sides of the rotunda in Olympia.
Senate bill would raise penalty for first-time sex offenders (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
DES MOINES --- First-time sex offenders who target children would serve a mandatory 25-years-to-life prison sentence under legislation endorsed Thursday by Republican and Democratic leaders in the evenly divided Iowa Senate.
Sex Offender News - Keeping tabs on sex offenders (Selma Times-Journal) There are between
Keeping tabs on sex offenders (Selma Times-Journal)
There are between 40 and 60 registered sex offenders living in Dallas County, according to officials.
Sex Offender News - Bills crack down on sex offenders (Sioux City Journal) PIERRE,
Bills crack down on sex offenders (Sioux City Journal)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Precautions must be taken to prevent South Dakota from becoming a lair for sex offenders from other states that have tougher restrictions, legislators decided Wednesday.
Child Safety News - Police Probe Crash That Killed 7 Children (AP via Yahoo!
Police Probe Crash That Killed 7 Children (AP via Yahoo! News)
Evidence suggests that a tractor-trailer never braked before it rear-ended a car full of young relatives and shoved it into a stopped school bus on a rural highway, killing all seven children in the car, state troopers said.
Vote: Are dogs and children a dangerous mix? (New York Newsday)
In light of the recent incidents, have your views on the safety of dogs and young children changed? Yes No I'm not sure
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Sex Offender News - Efforts to Protect Students from Sex Offenders (WBOC 16) LEWES-
Efforts to Protect Students from Sex Offenders (WBOC 16)
LEWES- School leaders take steps to keep children safe from sex offenders. Cape Henlopen school district officials are out with new rules for dealing with students convicted of sex crimes. Some include immediate parental notification if a student sex offender is attending a public school.
Sex Offender News - Sex Offenders Sent Here? (R News) Some of New York's
Sex Offenders Sent Here? (R News)
Some of New York's most dangerous sex offenders would come to Rochester under a plan proposed by Governor Pataki. Pataki proposed in his budget using the Rochester Psychiatric Center and other facilities across New York to house sex offenders after they're released from prison.
Bill Would Have Satellites Tracking Sex Offenders (WRTV Indianapolis)
A bill gaining support in the Indiana Legislature would put sex offenders under GPS tracking for life.
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Sex Offender News - Senate Advances Harsher Penalties for Sex Offenders (WIBW-TV Topeka) Legislation
Senate Advances Harsher Penalties for Sex Offenders (WIBW-TV Topeka)
Legislation mandating longer sentences and lifetime monitoring for sex offenders gets first-round approval in the Kansas Senate. A final vote sending the bill to the House is expected Friday.
Bill Would Have Satellites Tracking Sex Offenders (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Convicted sex offenders in Indiana would be tracked by Global Positioning System satellites for the rest of their lives under a bill that is gaining support in the state Legislature, RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported Thursday.
Child Safety News - Fears remain over the safety of our children as one
Fears remain over the safety of our children as one in 10 Welsh primary schools 'has shortcomings' in child protection (icWales)
SCHOOLS chief inspector Susan Lewis says that some teachers do not know what their own schools' child protection measures are. Some training bodies did not carry out Criminal Record Bureau checks on all staff who came into contact with children.
CASA volunteers are the children's voice (Tri-State Media)
PRINCETON-Gibson County's Court Appointed Special Advocate program is the local judicial system's safety net for children who find themselves caught up in the problems of their parents.
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Sex Offender News - Doubt over sex offenders in NHS (BBC News) Ministers admit
Doubt over sex offenders in NHS (BBC News)
Ministers admit they cannot say how many registered sex offenders may be working with children in the NHS.
Rell wants mandatory sentences for certain sex offenders (WTNH-TV New Haven)
(WTNH, Jan. 26, 2006 5:55 AM) _ Mandatory sentences for certain sex offenders -- that's the call from Governor Jodi Rell. It is part of a proposal to get tough on sex offenders.
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Sex Offender News - County deputies arrest convicted sex offenders (The Leaf Chronicle) Two
County deputies arrest convicted sex offenders (The Leaf Chronicle)
Two local registered sex offenders were arrested Friday by Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies.
Legislators get tough on sex offenders (Sioux City Journal)
DES MOINES -- First-time sex offenders who strike children would serve a mandatory 25-years-to-life prison sentence under legislation endorsed Thursday by Republican and Democratic leaders in the evenly divided Iowa Senate.
Child Safety News - 7 Children Killed In Fiery Fla. Crash (CBS News) Seven
7 Children Killed In Fiery Fla. Crash (CBS News)
Seven children who had been adopted by a single family were killed in a fiery crash when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in Florida. Everyone in the car died, including the 15-year-old girl who was driving illegally.
Fiery crash kills 7 children (Miami Herald)
Seven children, all believed to be members of one extended family, were killed on a Union County two-lane highway Wednesday afternoon when a tractor-trailer rear-ended their vehicle, causing it to explode into flames, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
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Sex Offender News - Doubt over sex offenders in NHS (BBC News) Ministers admit
Doubt over sex offenders in NHS (BBC News)
Ministers admit they cannot say how many registered sex offenders may be working with children in the NHS.
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Sex Offender News - Sex Offenders Bill Pass Committee (KELOLAND) South Dakota is one
Sex Offenders Bill Pass Committee (KELOLAND)
South Dakota is one step closer to keeping better track of sex offenders. Three bills that deal with where sex offenders can live and how they're registered unanimously passed in committee. Now they're headed to the full state senate.
Sex Offender News - Help CBI find Unregistered Sex Offenders (KROD News 13) CBI
Help CBI find Unregistered Sex Offenders (KROD News 13)
CBI Agents are arresting at least 40 sex offenders today for failing to register as part of a statewide round up. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says it's leading a multi-agency effort to find the unregistered offenders, most of whom are living in metro Denver and El Paso and Pueblo counties.
Unregistered sex offenders roundup underway (Rocky Mountain News)
10:01 a.m. The year s first coordinated, multi-agency roundup of sex offenders wanted throughout the state for failing to register is taking place today, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Division Director Steve Johnson announced.
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Child Safety News - Halloween brought safety hazard (Selma Times-Journal) Public safety was endangered
Halloween brought safety hazard (Selma Times-Journal)
Public safety was endangered in Castlewood and Lansdown on Halloween night by the hundreds of children who were bussed into those areas to Trick or Treat.
Sex Offender News - Prosecutors call for end to 2,000-foot ban for sex offenders
Prosecutors call for end to 2,000-foot ban for sex offenders (Lincoln Journal Star)
DES MOINES, Iowa The state s prosecutors urged lawmakers Monday to eliminate a requirement that convicted sex offenders live more than 2,000 feet from a school or day care.
WA Lawmaker Submits to GPS Tracking; Sex Offenders Next? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Representative John Lovick volunteered to test the technology because he wants to require PGS tracking of some sex offenders.
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Sex Offender News - Prosecutors call for end to 2,000-foot ban for sex offenders
Prosecutors call for end to 2,000-foot ban for sex offenders (Lincoln Journal Star)
DES MOINES, Iowa The state s prosecutors urged lawmakers Monday to eliminate a requirement that convicted sex offenders live more than 2,000 feet from a school or day care.
Child sex offenders are restricted under new local law adopted by board (The Buffalo News)
The Depew Village Board on Monday adopted a new local law that restricts where convicted child sex offenders can live. The law was adopted following a public hearing on the statute at Monday's board meeting.
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Sex Offender News - Plan puts limits on sex offenders (Sun-Sentinel) The Wellington Village
Plan puts limits on sex offenders (Sun-Sentinel)
The Wellington Village Council will consider a new law tonight that restricts where sex offenders can live in the village, following the actions of other South Florida cities that passed similar legislation.
Child Safety News - Swedes as 'safety junkies': An accident in the making? (International
Swedes as 'safety junkies': An accident in the making? (International Herald Tribune)
Is Sweden turning into a nation of "safety junkies"?
Sex Offender News - Click of a mouse tracks sex offenders (WRGB) (CBS 6)
Click of a mouse tracks sex offenders (WRGB)
(CBS 6) Tracking sex offenders just got a little easier. A CBS 6 viewer says you can find out where offenders live and work with the simple click of a mouse.
Child sex offenders are restricted under new local law adopted by board (The Buffalo News)
The Depew Village Board on Monday adopted a new local law that restricts where convicted child sex offenders can live. The law was adopted following a public hearing on the statute at Monday's board meeting.
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Sex Offender News - Prosecutors call for end to 2,000-foot ban for sex offenders
Prosecutors call for end to 2,000-foot ban for sex offenders (WHO-TV Des Moines)
DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa's prosecutors want to change a state law that prohibits sex offenders from living near schools and day cares.
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Sex Offender News - Panel approves stricter laws on sex offenders (Lexington Herald-Leader) Two
Panel approves stricter laws on sex offenders (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Two ordinances that would restrict where registered sex offenders live and spend time in Lexington were given the go-ahead by an Urban County Council subcommittee yesterday.
Sex Offenders Say New Registry Has Errors (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
A unified online sex offender registry that debuted Monday incorrectly lists some people as having failed to register, some convicted sex offenders told RTV6.
Sex Offender News - Bill would limit where sex offenders live (WHO-TV Des Moines)
Bill would limit where sex offenders live (WHO-TV Des Moines)
PIERRE, S.D. Officials from North Sioux City in South Dakota have told lawmakers that they should pass a law that sets up protective zones where sex offenders can't live.
Child Safety News - Children's lives saved because a stranger cared (Nevada Appeal) I
Children's lives saved because a stranger cared (Nevada Appeal)
I am going to address the recent case of a person who, by a random act of noticing, may have saved two Carson City children's lives.
Sex Offender News - Crack Down on Sex Offenders (The Gilroy Dispatch) San Jose
Crack Down on Sex Offenders (The Gilroy Dispatch)
San Jose - Longer jail sentences, increased parole time and mandatory risk assessment for sex offenders are just some of the ways one local senator is hoping to crack down on sexual predators.
Bill would limit where sex offenders live (WHO-TV Des Moines)
PIERRE, S.D. Officials from North Sioux City in South Dakota have told lawmakers that they should pass a law that sets up protective zones where sex offenders can't live.
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Sex Offender News - Hoosier registry improves access to data on sex offenders (Louisville
Hoosier registry improves access to data on sex offenders (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Hoosiers can now determine with just a few clicks on the Internet whether convicted child molesters, rapists or other sex offenders live in their neighborhoods.
Sex Offender News - Despite new law, more sex offenders eluding tracking (Sioux City
Despite new law, more sex offenders eluding tracking (Sioux City Journal)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A great deal of time, money and political rhetoric has gone into keeping track of Iowa's sex offenders, but state figures show more are eluding authorities despite a new law.
Despite new law, more sex offenders eluding tracking (WOI-TV Des Moins)
DES MOINES, Iowa State figures show more sex offenders are eluding Iowa authorities despite a new law.
Sex Offender News - Sex offenders' restrictions could tighten (Lexington Herald-Leader) Registered sex offenders
Sex offenders' restrictions could tighten (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Registered sex offenders would no longer be allowed to live or loiter within 1,000 feet of a Lexington public park, pool or playground, under a proposal that will be considered today by an Urban County Council subcommittee.