Halloween Sex Offender Roundup

We posted on what was going to happen in Lima OH when officials said they were performing a predator roundup for Halloween. Now Tennessee is in the news at Newsday on the same topic.

The restrictions prohibit sex offenders from attending special Halloween events like corn mazes and haunted houses, handing out treats, displaying Halloween decorations, accompanying trick-or-treating children or wearing costumes.

They apply to all sex offenders on probation or parole — about 2,000 of the 8,100 registered offenders living in the state — and not specifically to those offenders whose crimes involved minors.

“No matter what their sex offense might have been, they must adhere to the same rules,” Elder said. “Any sex offender is not supposed to have contact with minors. They all sign the same directives.”

I know this sounds good. Yes… now these are the rules. Will you follow them? For the compliant these rules and ‘directives’ will work. But it will be a rude awakening when other not so nice predators decided to play more trick than treat this Halloween.

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