Florida Public Safety Information Act
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Florida Public Safety Information Act was passed in 1997 in Florida
to list sexual predator
s and offenders on the internet
and to make the same information available through a 24-hour/day hotline.
to the sexual offender/predator database
for all criminal justice agencies that have CJNET capabilities. Viewing and limited editing/write access
directly to the state Sex Offender Database (through CJNet) to law enforcement agencies submitting address verification and field intelligence
information. Training on sexual predator and offenders laws and relevant Florida procedures and systems is provided.
(through CJNET) or hardcopy format, model affidavit
s and warrants
for all offenses regarding sexual offenders and predators. The department also will make available to all criminal justice agencies in the county where the sexual predator is going to reside a camera-ready copy of a flyer
that may be used for community notification.
(MO) information on sexual predators to local law enforcement agencies for investigation
s and analysis of patterns or actions used in abduction
and/or sexual offenses previously committed by the predators.
to help ensure that DNA
samples on all sexual predators are available to assist agencies in investigating and prosecuting cases.
ing sexual predators and sex offenders who are not residing at the street address they have provided. When FDLE is notified that an offender is not at the location, FDLE will add to the remarks field in the sexual predator/sex offender status record that the reported address does not appear to be correct and, when appropriate, will move to obtain a warrant
for the sexual predator or sex offender’s arrest. FDLE will continue to work cooperatively with local law enforcement to fully effect this strategy.
to assist local agencies in solving crimes that are sexual offenses, particularly where there is a possibility that a sexual predator/or sexual offender is involved.
. FDLE provides the ability for local law enforcement agencies to access sexual predator information in other states. These are accomplished through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).
services, investigative services and informational services.
mail-outs
to all registered sexual offenders and predators who are no longer under sanction
. Results from these mail-outs are available to local law enforcement agencies and FDLE regional offices through the CJNet and the Sexual Offender Predator Unit to facilitate efforts in identifying and ascertaining the location of any offender or predator who has failed to comply with registration requirements and seeking any necessary warrants or legal action.
system that tracks sexual offenders and predators within their jurisdiction
s. Additionally, geo-mapping applications can be expanded to include automated community mail notifications and other helpful tools. Several agencies have already established effective geo-mapping practices within their agencies for the purposes of community notification and analysis. Analysis may include weekly updated locator graph
s of addresses and new predators, along with crime trend information for investigative purposes.
s on the internet, maintaining a toll-free telephone line for the public to use to inquire whether an individual is a sexual predator or sexual offender, and making informational flyers and brochure
s on sexual predators and sexual offenders available to the public.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
to list sexual predator
Sexual predator
The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is thought to "hunt" for his or her sex partners...
s and offenders on the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
and to make the same information available through a 24-hour/day hotline.
Internet access
FDLE maintains a secure internet connectionInternet access
Many technologies and service plans for Internet access allow customers to connect to the Internet.Consumer use first became popular through dial-up connections in the 20th century....
to the sexual offender/predator database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
for all criminal justice agencies that have CJNET capabilities. Viewing and limited editing/write access
File system permissions
Most current file systems have methods of administering permissions or access rights to specific users and groups of users. These systems control the ability of the users to view or make changes to the contents of the filesystem....
directly to the state Sex Offender Database (through CJNet) to law enforcement agencies submitting address verification and field intelligence
Intelligence (information gathering)
Intelligence assessment is the development of forecasts of behaviour or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organization, based on a wide range of available information sources both overt and covert. Assessments are developed in response to requirements declared by the leadership...
information. Training on sexual predator and offenders laws and relevant Florida procedures and systems is provided.
Hardcopy assistance
FDLE provides all sheriffs' offices and FDLE regional operations centers with sexual predator/ offender registration forms and will make available by diskette, electronicElectronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
(through CJNET) or hardcopy format, model affidavit
Affidavit
An affidavit is a written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law. Such statement is witnessed as to the authenticity of the affiant's signature by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public...
s and warrants
Warrant (law)
Most often, the term warrant refers to a specific type of authorization; a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, which permits an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights and affords the person executing the writ protection from damages if the act is...
for all offenses regarding sexual offenders and predators. The department also will make available to all criminal justice agencies in the county where the sexual predator is going to reside a camera-ready copy of a flyer
Flyer (pamphlet)
__notoc__A flyer or flier, also called a circular, handbill or leaflet, is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in public place....
that may be used for community notification.
Collaboration with local law enforcement
Upon request, FDLE will provide all collected modus operandiModus operandi
Modus operandi is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode of operation". The term is used to describe someone's habits or manner of working, their method of operating or functioning...
(MO) information on sexual predators to local law enforcement agencies for investigation
Criminal procedure
Criminal procedure refers to the legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated criminal law.-Basic rights:Currently, in many countries with a democratic system and the rule of law, criminal procedure puts the burden of proof on the prosecution – that is, it is up to the...
s and analysis of patterns or actions used in abduction
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
and/or sexual offenses previously committed by the predators.
DNA registry
The FDLE will coordinate with the Florida Department of CorrectionsFlorida Department of Corrections
The Florida Department of Corrections, established in 1821, operates state prisons in Florida. It has its headquarters in Tallahassee.The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States...
to help ensure that DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
samples on all sexual predators are available to assist agencies in investigating and prosecuting cases.
Offender locating and residence
The department will actively participate in locating and arrestArrest
An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation and prevention of crime and presenting into the criminal justice system or harm to oneself or others...
ing sexual predators and sex offenders who are not residing at the street address they have provided. When FDLE is notified that an offender is not at the location, FDLE will add to the remarks field in the sexual predator/sex offender status record that the reported address does not appear to be correct and, when appropriate, will move to obtain a warrant
Warrant (law)
Most often, the term warrant refers to a specific type of authorization; a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, which permits an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights and affords the person executing the writ protection from damages if the act is...
for the sexual predator or sex offender’s arrest. FDLE will continue to work cooperatively with local law enforcement to fully effect this strategy.
Analysis and intel
FDLE will provide analysis and intelligenceCriminal intelligence
Criminal Intelligence is information compiled, analyzed, and/or disseminated in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity....
to assist local agencies in solving crimes that are sexual offenses, particularly where there is a possibility that a sexual predator/or sexual offender is involved.
Interstate cooperation
FDLE makes Florida sexual predator and sexual offender information available to other states by providing access to the hot file status records on these persons and by submitting information on these persons to the National Sex Offender RegistryNational Sex Offender Registry
The National Sex Offender Registry is a Canadian legal data base designed to monitor convicted sex offenders living in the country. It came into force on December 15, 2004, with the passing of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act...
. FDLE provides the ability for local law enforcement agencies to access sexual predator information in other states. These are accomplished through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).
Inter-agency cooperation
FDLE will serve as a member of interdepartmental teams and task forces if so requested by local authorities and makes resources available to respond to the needs of the criminal justice community and the public in regard to sexual predators/offenders. This includes, as necessary, crime laboratoryLaboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
services, investigative services and informational services.
Address verification
FDLE conducts regular address verificationVerification
The word verification may refer to:* Verification and validation, in engineering or quality management systems, it is the act of reviewing, inspecting or testing, in order to establish and document that a product, service or system meets regulatory or technical standards.* Verification , in the...
mail-outs
Mail
Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.In principle, a postal service...
to all registered sexual offenders and predators who are no longer under sanction
Sanctions (law)
Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations. Criminal sanctions can take the form of serious punishment, such as corporal or capital punishment, incarceration, or severe fines...
. Results from these mail-outs are available to local law enforcement agencies and FDLE regional offices through the CJNet and the Sexual Offender Predator Unit to facilitate efforts in identifying and ascertaining the location of any offender or predator who has failed to comply with registration requirements and seeking any necessary warrants or legal action.
Tracking and mapping
FDLE offers Florida law enforcement agencies a geo-mappingCartography
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
system that tracks sexual offenders and predators within their jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility...
s. Additionally, geo-mapping applications can be expanded to include automated community mail notifications and other helpful tools. Several agencies have already established effective geo-mapping practices within their agencies for the purposes of community notification and analysis. Analysis may include weekly updated locator graph
Graph (data structure)
In computer science, a graph is an abstract data structure that is meant to implement the graph and hypergraph concepts from mathematics.A graph data structure consists of a finite set of ordered pairs, called edges or arcs, of certain entities called nodes or vertices...
s of addresses and new predators, along with crime trend information for investigative purposes.
The general public
FDLE will make certain information on Florida sexual predators and sexual offenders readily available to the public by posting the predators/offenders registration information and their photographPhotograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
s on the internet, maintaining a toll-free telephone line for the public to use to inquire whether an individual is a sexual predator or sexual offender, and making informational flyers and brochure
Brochure
A brochure is a type of leaflet. Brochures are most commonly found at places that tourists frequently visit, such as museums, major shops, and tourist information. Brochure racks or stands may suggest visits to amusement parks and other points of interest...
s on sexual predators and sexual offenders available to the public.