Missing Sex Offenders: Numbers Grow According to Senate Committee

8-1-2010 Washington DC:

In a Senate Report (111-229) supporting S-3636 "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011" we find this new FEAR-BASING comment from the Senate Committee on Appropriations:

Sexual Offender Apprehension- The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) gives the U.S. Marshals Service the authority to treat as fugitives convicted sex offenders who fail to register. It also directs the marshals to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending these individuals. There are roughly 135,000 non-compliant offenders in the United States.

The Committee commends the U.S. Marshals Service for annualizing $50,985,000 of prior year supplemental and annual funds into its 2011 budget request for enforcement of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. To date, the USMS has hired 170 new deputy marshals to assist States in locating and apprehending sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements. The Committee is concerned, however, that the administration requests no additional resources to expand this program beyond the current level of effort. The U.S. Marshals Service estimates it needs a dedicated force of at least 500 deputy marshals to fulfill its Adam Walsh Act responsibilities. Therefore, the Committee appropriates an additional $10,000,000 above the budget request for the Marshals Service to hire an additional 50 deputy marshals to expand Adam Walsh enforcement activities in districts across the country, with the goal of hiring and equipping 500 new deputy marshals in total by 2015. The Committee would also urge the Department of Justice to submit a reprogramming request in 2011 that would reallocate funds from lower priority programs across the Department to enable the Marshals Service to enhance its Adam Walsh enforcement mission.

This funding will also continue support for the National Sex Offender Targeting Center, improve the agency's information technology backbone, and reinforce the agency's infrastructure so that deputy marshals have timely, accurate investigative information to track down and arrest those who prey on our Nation's children.

No real support just a conclusion. The OLD "unregistered sex offenders are preying on children," and former number 100,000 (for the truth about that number) wasn't getting attention, so how do they fix that? Make it grow! Must have been feed some sort of fertilizer! Right, the fertilizer of "Job Stimulus," latest method of creating an even bigger federal work force. Soon someone will be claiming "More jobs have been created!"

All this to keep an "Address Book," a list of addresses where former sex offenders sleep for a few hours of the day or night. This is absolute insanity! Knowing where someone sleeps does nothing to enhance public safety, except make them a better target, for some wacko.

However, not a DIME spent on sex offender therapy -in prisons or the community- therapy is known to reduce recidivism, hence, future victims. But, billions continue to be spent on drug offender programs. "Anything to save one child" uttered by so many politicians, is but a _____!

Knowing where former offenders sleep, is hogwash. TRACKING does not PREVENT new victims, but, THERAPY and REENTRY programs, do!

Worse yet is, all the following additional money is being dumped into the already failing Adam Walsh Bucket, which states -while they want the money, don't support the principle of parts of the Act-:

Fighting Crimes Against Children- The Committee has provided substantial resources to protect our children from predators. The recommendation includes $399,100,000 for Department of Justice efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute crimes against children. This recommendation fully supports the critical Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.

Exploited and Missing Children- The Committee provides an additional $1,500,000 above the request to enhance INTERPOL's efforts to establish a dedicated global unit to fight child exploitation. These resources will assist in enforcing requirements outlined in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) and assist in other initiatives to combat child sexual exploitation.

Adam Walsh Act Implementation.--The Committee expects EOUSA to continue to focus on investigations and prosecutions related to the sexual exploitation of children, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Public Law 109-248. Not less than $38,460,000 shall be available for this purpose in fiscal year 2011.

This is in-addition to what is being proposed ($252 million PLUS Unfunded Mandates for States and the Private-Sector) for the International Megans Law disaster. Never forget, "vigilantism -severe and subtle-" exists, International Megans Law will make it worse, as will continued FEAR-BASING legislation!

For now, have a great day and a better tomorrow.
eAvocate