Halloween Sex Offender Checks

While children knocked on doors for Candy yesterday-- law enforcement and probation and parole agents with the Department of Corrections also knocked on doors to check in with registered sex offenders in our area to make sure all rules were being followed 11 teams went door to door in specific districts to ensure the public and children were safe during the Halloween festivities According to the D-O-C--- they supervise nearly 63,000 people on community supervision, probation or parole including more than 6-thousand 200 registered sex offenders Certain restrictions were established for registered sex offenders to protect children-- they include NOT Having any halloween decorations inside or outside.. NOT handing out candy or participating in any activities.. NOT wearing a costume or turning on the porch light during their local trick-or-treating hours.