'Guardian Angel' watching sex offenders

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Updated: 9/07/2012 10:49 am
US Marshals along with other law enforcement agencies went door to door to more than a thousand sex offenders in Fresno and Madera counties. Operation Guardian Angel checks each sex offender to make sure they're registered, verify addresses and don't have any warrants out for their arrest. During the operation, investigators met with several sex offenders who were not registered. A total of 45 sex offenders were arrested.

“Sex offenders that are registered, who have committed offenses, they have a high likelihood or re-offending and when they're in neighborhoods we know there's a potential for people to become victimize,” said Jerry Dyer, Fresno Police Chief.

That's one of the reasons for this operation, to send a message to the neighborhoods that law enforcement is watching and making sure sex offenders are in compliance.

“I believe that it sends a strong message throughout the neighborhoods that we care and we want the people in those neighborhoods, the parents to partner with us and keep an eye on those individuals,” said Dyer.

This is it's 2nd year of Operation Guardian Angel, investigators say prior to the operation dozens of sex offenders registered after hearing law enforcement was coming.

“They know that we know and so quite possibly it will prevent them from re-offending,” said John Anderson, Madera County Sheriff.

 

 

 

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blaze391 - 9/7/2012 4:38 PM
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Really highly likely that they will re-offend!!!! Where do you people get your facts. Most do not re offend. Get a new fixation and stop scaring the public un needlessly. Guess we should take children out of their homes because that is where it is most likely to happen by a family member or a close friend of the family.

Rudy101 - 9/7/2012 4:13 PM
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Highly likely to re-offend? What if that isn't true factually? What if, legally speaking, it is highly UNLIKELY that a person will re-offend who is on a registry? The fact of the matter is, the State, as made an assertion (continued dangerousness) and did so based upon pure speculation, inuendo, and rumor. Do you people really believe your registry has to be followed when the basis of registry laws (continued dangeorusness) is applied without any regard to any particular individual? Do you people really beieve your registry laws have to be followed when the only outcome of the registry is a loss of safety and/security for the offender? Do you really believe a registry has to be followed when the registry is used to systemtatically banish from every social aspect of society, done decades after a sentence has been served and done without hearing and without appeal or challenge? Do you really believe a legislature has the power to determine whole groups of people dangerous? Do you really believe that the legislature can ignore facts and restrict people solely based upon a theory of protecttion. The point of the matter is, the registry does not have to be followed. It doesn't protect the community, it strips legal protection from offenders, and has no mechanism to be challenged AND the legislature, during every legislative session is passing ex-post facto laws in contravention of the U.S. Constitution. If you think someone is dangerous, but that person is not under a lawful sentence, the State MUST bring that person back to court and SHOW a continued dangerousness. Only totalitarian government are allowed to create police States around anyone they feel like it. You think you can strip freedom through legislative fiat? You cannot. THAT is the reason your registry IS not being followed.
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