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SaferyInformation Act Profiled………………1  \nFEDERALIZEJUVENILECRIME:ChiefJusticeQuestion....3  \nNATIONALSHERIFFS'ASSN.…4  \nPRESIDENT:Wants FocusOnInternational Crime…………4  \nTERRORISM:SheriffWantsAnti-MilitiaLaws………………………5  \nTECHNOLOGY DEMO……………6  \nPERF URGES:Boost InChild Care Funding………………7  \nCARE GIVER ABUSE:New Guidelines Released…  …….9  \nCRIME LINE…………  ……10  \nPublished by  \nWASHINGTONCRIMENEWS  \nCrime ControA Comprehensive and independent news summary for the Law Enforcement Professional  \n# FLORIDAS PUBLIC SAFETYINFORMATION ACT\n\nBy Commissioner James T.MooreFlorida Department of Law Enforcement  \n·In St.Petersburg a convenience store clerk becomes suspicious andalerts police when a regular customer is suddenly accompanied by a 12-year-old boy.The clerk recognizes the customer as a sexual predator af-ter local police handed out flyers alerting the community that the preda-tor was living in the area.The subject was questioned,admitted he vio-lated his special conditions,and was subsequently rearrested.  \n·A citizen calls the Sexual Offender/Predator Unit hotline to reportthat Rolando Gutierrez,a convicted sex offender,was helping with a lo-cal Boy Scout troop in which her son was a member.Amember of FDLE'sSex Offender Unit notified the offender's probation officer,who ques-tioned Gutierrez about his alleged activity.Gutierrez admitted violatinghis probation by volunteering with the Boy Scout troop.As a result,Gutierrez'probation was revoked and he was sent back to prison to com-plete his five-year sentence.  \nThese are just two examples ofa new law at work in Florida.The statehas been nationally recognized for its proactive approach to sexual predatorregistration.And now with the Public Safety Information Act(PSIA),whichbecame law Oct.1,1997,public access to certain information has been broad-ened.In addition to sexual predators,the PSIA requires the Florida Depart-ment of Law Enforcement(FDLE)and the Florida Department of Correc-tions to provide public access to the records of known sex offenders who  \n# Crime Control\n\nUS.POSTAGE  \nPAII)  \nWashington Crime News3702 Pender Drive.Suite 300Fairfax.VA 22030-6066  \nPERMITNO.2105  \nMERRIFIELD.VA  \n03F020UM  \nFIRSTCLASS MAIL  \nPERIODICALS CHECK-NPO BOX 1346ANNARBORM48106-1348  \nmeet certain statutory qualifications. notall sex offenders are sexual preda-Under             the PSIA,Floridacitizens have tors.Both,however,are subject toWide Web and a toll-free hotline,to cation and,while law enforcementinformation that is critical in the fightis required to notify of the presenceto keep their families safe fromof a sexual predator,they may no-predatory sex offenders.tify on the presence of offenders inthe area.  \nThere are two ways to be desig-nated as a sexual predator in Florida:Commit one of a number of sexcrimes which are first degree feloniesor greater,or,commit two seconddegree orgreater felony sex offenseswithin 10 years.In either case,thetriggering offense must have beencommitted on or after Oct.1,1993.A sex offender is anyone convictedof certain enumerated sex crimes(covered under Florida Statute794),regardless of date of offense,and wasunder the care,custody or control ofthe Department of Corrections,orwas released from any sanction im-posed by the court on or after Oct.  \n1,1997.Sex offenders must meetregistration and notification require-  \nments similar to those of predators.  \n## Notification Methods\n\nLocal law enforcement agenciesin Florida now enjoy decision-mak-ing at the local level where notifica-tion methods are concerned.ThePSIAallows locals to notify the pub-lic in any manner deemed appropri-ate by the sheriff of the county,orthe chief of the municipality wherethe predator or offender lives.Manyof these agencies are taking an aggres-sive approach to community notifi-cation including distribution of fly-ers to neighborhood associations,organizing and attending communitymeetings,and submission of 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