St. Paul wants to use GPS to track homeless sex offenders

pioneer press ^ | 1-6-06 | JASON HOPPIN

[Rakkasan1]

Minnesota's worst sex offenders are required to alert neighbors when they move in next door. But what if the sex offenders have no home? What if their homes are doorways, alleys and parks — and the neighbors have no idea they're there? St. Paul wants to be the first city in Minnesota to use satellite tracking to monitor Level 3 sex offenders long after they're released from custody. Police and policymakers say it would be a valuable tool to help deal with a difficult problem: keeping track of sexual predators who say they sleep on the streets. "Remember why we have sex-offender notification in the first place. It's a public-safety issue," City Council President Kathy Lantry said. "Saying that you're homeless is a loophole in the law

[Rakkasan1]

...but if they're illegal immigrants, we cannot even attempt to track them.

[SmoothTalker]

We should provide them with a home....In the county jail.

[Living Free in NH]

Forget GPS. Track sex offenders with tracer rounds.

[MajorityOfOne]

"I see that you're lying here cold and hungry over a heating vent. I'm here from the government to help you." (Sound of GPS ankle bracelet clicking on). "There... let me know if I can do anything else to help."