April 28, 2020, 2:09 pm
The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented shutdown of many American institutions, from professional sports to many government agencies, including the suspension of many non-essential law enforcement services from fingerprinting to vehicle registration.
However, people required to register under the complex public sex offense registry scheme must still register in person. This puts the health of registrants, their families, agency employees, police officers, and the general public in danger.
Over the past month, I have searched press releases, news reports and social media posts, along with direct contact with law enforcement agents, to determine what changes have been made to sex offense registration during this pandemic.
Of the 182 agency responses, only a dozen have suspended registration, and just 44 agencies are taking registry over the phone or Internet. The rest still require in-person registration.
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