Bangor rejects sex offender residency restrictions

12-14-2010 Maine:

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Bangor City Council has turned down the possibility of amending the city code to include sex offender residency restrictions.

The council voted 8-1 against the amendment that would have limited sex offenders from living with 750 of any school, playground, or parks primarily used by children, making roughly one-third of the city off limits to sex offenders. Susan Hawes, Chair of the City Council, said this alone wouldn't make children in Bangor safe.

"The basic was reason was that people felt that it didn't bring a safer city to the children," Hawes said. "And it was such a small population we'd be dealing with." ..Source.. WLBZ2.com