Ten-Year Registrations About To Expire On State Sex Offender Registry

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Oct 17, 2008 12:00 am

Ten-Year Registrations

About To Expire On State

Sex Offender Registry

MIDDLETOWN â On October 1, 1998, Public Act 98-111 required the Connecticut Department of Public Safety to establish and maintain a Sex Offender Registry. The department began registration on October 2, 1998, and opened the Sex Offender Registry website (www.state.ct.us/dps) on January 1, 1999.

The registry system established in Public Act 98-111 required registration of persons convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of certain statutes listed under CGS Section 54-250. Depending on how a particular offense is classified determines if a registrant is required to register for a period of ten years or life. An offense classified as a âSexually Violent Offenseâ requires a lifetime registration along with any registerable offense where a registrant has one or more prior convictions of such offense. An offense classified as a âCriminal Offense Against A Victim Who Is A Minorâ or a âNonviolent Sexual Offenseâ requires a ten-year registrations.

On October 2, 2008, the Department of Public Safety removed the first two registrations from the Sex Offender Registry upon the completion of their ten-year registration period. Registrations will continue thereafter with an anticipated 29 registrants being removed by the end of October and an additional 153 registrants to be removed by October 31, 2009.

The Sex Offender Registry Unit of the Department of Public Safety began assembling the list of registrants that would be removed from the registry in 2005. Part of this review required the verification and collection of conviction documents for the 2,099 current registered sex offenders who live, work, or attend educational institutions in this state.

During the first six months of 2008 the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry website had an average of just over 900,000 hits per month recorded on the website for registered sex offenders living, working, or attending schools in the state. Information can be searched on the website by last name, town, Zip Code, or by viewing an entire list of registrants. The information is provided free of charge and persons making inquiries do not have to identify themselves.

The state encourages members of the public to contact the State Police Sex Offender Registry Unit if they have information that differs from the information posted on the registry. Any questions regarding the registration of sex offenders in Connecticut or information on a registered sex offender that appears to be in violation should be directed to the Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police, Sex Offender Registry Unit at 1111 Country Club Road, Middletown CT 06457-9294; by phone at 860-685-8060, or by email to sex.offender.registry@po.state.ct.us.

Registry records are also available at local police departments for registrants living within that departmentâs jurisdiction.

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The Editor suggest a meeting between the "Rock This Democracy " and the Police Commission. As a former Police Commissioner the Chief should have followed the chain of command and discussed this with the Police Commission. The Chief reports to the Elected Police Commission not our Republican First Selection. Can't help but feel this is Republican politics again making an issue out of a non issue.

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David, your passion for transparency would carry more weight if it weren’t routinely wielded like a cudgel. Let's set the record straight: no one is against easier access to documents or better online availability—we all want an informed public. But there's a difference between constructive advocacy and the kind of grandstanding that costs this town time, morale, and taxpayer money. You cite Ridgefield’s practices—great. Let's talk about that like adults. But instead, what we see is a steady stream of accusatory posts, legal challenges, and FOIA blitzes aimed less at solving problems and more at creating headlines. It’s not “slander” to point out that your approach often does more to divide and exhaust than to help. I’ve been at the very meetings you claim are inaccessible or opaque. I’ve seen your group turn logistical hiccups into conspiracy theories. I’ve watched as staff—who already work overtime—are dragged into another fishing expedition while real civic needs are left hanging. You’re not just pushing for access; you’re using the tools of open government to grind its gears to a halt. That’s not progress. That’s obstruction dressed up as advocacy. And the people paying for it—literally—are your neighbors. Let’s stop pretending it’s just about uploading PDFs. The issue here is how we engage. We can have real conversations about modernization without constant accusations, FOIA skirmishes, and Facebook pile-ons. Until then, I’ll continue to call out tactics that undermine, not uplift, our town.

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