I went to the Sheriff's web site for my town and looked at where the sex offenders live. I like to know who my neighbors' are and who to keep my children away from. Imagine my surprise when I found one on my corner. Since I am less than half a mile from the YMCA, several playgrounds and a school, imagine my surprise. It even posts a picture of the guy-thank you State of Indiana.
I then made a series of phone calls. First stop: the useless police department in my town. They passed me on to the Sheriff's department. They in turn passed me on to the County Prosecutor's office. Since no one is running for office this year, no one is available to answer my question. I left messages. I doubt that I will hear back before the next election cycle.
Why is he allowed to live across the street from a school bus stop? For that matter, why don't they have to post signs to give me a heads up? While I am sure that he has paid for his crime, paid his debt to society, blah blah, blah he spent twenty years in jail for this. The least that they should do is put a sign up in his yard and maybe on his car, don't you think?
I believe that his right to privacy went out the window the second that he decided to harm a child. Where are my elected officials on this one? For that matter, why don't local papers publish this information somewhere in their pages. If I can't get it on the internet, imagine how many more people it could reach in the paper? I wish that there was a special place where they could live-away from the rest of us, and I wouldn't have to worry about my children or their safety when it comes to that sort of thing. Oh well.
Keep your children safe, be aware of who is in your neighborhood. And if you have the chance to go online in your area and see who is out there, trust me. You'll thank me later.
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