WHAT SHOULD THE PUBLIC DO IF A SEX OFFENDER IS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD?
The information is used to provide public notice and information about a registrant so a community can develop constructive safety plans for themselves and their family. The notification process will decrease a sex offender’s ability to act secretly, but parents will have the biggest impact by teaching children about personal safety. A family should develop a safety plan. Children need to be educated about safety tips for both strangers and people with whom they are familiar. Have open communication with your children and review safety tips frequently. Avoid situations that make you or your children vulnerable for an offender. For example, children and parents need to be alert to suspicious behavior such as a person who approaches children/youth without a specific reason or a person that hangs around schools, parks, or other places where children/teens frequent. Avoid scaring them but tell children not to accept rides and to stay away from a person’s home/yard they do not know. Use the
The information is used to provide public notice and information about a registrant so a community can develop constructive safety plans for themselves and their family. The notification process will decrease a sex offenders ability to act secretly, but parents will have the biggest impact by teaching children about personal safety. A family should develop a safety plan. Children need to be educated about safety tips for both strangers and people with whom they are familiar. Have open communication with your children and review safety tips frequently. Avoid situations that make you or your children vulnerable for an offender. For example, children and parents need to be alert to suspicious behavior such as a person who approaches children/youth without a specific reason or a person that hangs around schools, parks, or other places where children/teens frequent. Avoid scaring them but tell children not to accept rides and to stay away from a person’s home/yard they do not know. Use the
