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More on Halloween sex offender hype

The San Antonio Express News today quoted this Grits piece about law enforcement grandstanding over sex offenders at Halloween ("Roundup targets sex offenders," Oct. 23), in which I'd pointed out that extra monitoring of sex offenders who are unlikely to cause problems "mis-targets resources on a night with one of the year's highest youth crime rates." Apparently Bexar DA Susan Reed had wanted the county to round up every sex offender on Halloween night like they do in Waco, but couldn't garner support for the plan.Such programs are all about playing to the media, not public safety. Kids trick or treating are more likely to be hit by lightning while going door to door than they are to be abducted by a registered sex offender.I've mentioned before there's only one case in the history of the planet where a child was abducted by a stranger while trick or treating (in Wisconsin in 1973)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).