SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION & COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
As a result of the Community Protection Act of 1990, the Hoquiam Police Department now has the opportunity to share information with the public regarding a sex offender's residence location, crime(s), methods of operation and conditions of release. This information is provided to the public in accordance with Washington statutes, various court decisions and with policies established by a panel of police officers, corrections professionals, victim representatives, and concerned citizens through the Washington Association of Sheriff's and Police Chiefs (WASPC).
Much concern, effort and consideration has been contributed by all persons involved in developing the WASPC policy on sex offender release notification. This is to ensure that the information provided to you by the Hoquiam Police Department will be accurate and informative. In the end, we hope to provide a safer community. The Hoquiam Police Department firmly believes that this can best be achieved by interaction and communication between, and among, members of the community and your police department.
Please take the time to read the information provided here, and become familiar with the procedures and actions described in the community notification process. The Hoquiam Police Department thanks you for your concern and participation.
YOUR HOQUIAM POLICE DEPARTMENT SEX OFFENDER FACTS;
- Sex offenders come from all walks of life and from all socio-economic groups. They can be male or female, rich or poor, employed or unemployed, religious or non-religious, highly educated or uneducated or from any race.
- The suspect is known to the victim in over 90% of sex crimes. In other words, the suspect is a parent, relative, caretaker, neighbor, co-worker, or significant other.
- Strangers can be "good guys" or "bad guys." (This includes females.) Persons known to you or your children can be "good guys" or "bad guys".
- Sixty seven percent of adults convicted of felony sex crimes in fiscal year 1995 had NO prior criminal history.
- Many pedophiles seek out mothers of single parent families for the purpose of victimizing their children.
- Most sex offenders "groom" their victims prior to any sexual abuse.
SUMMARY
As of June 30th 2004 there were a total of 106,751 sex offenders registered in the state of California and living in the community. That is the equivalent to the entire population of Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Jefferson, Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason and Pend Oreille counties combined.
· Washington had 18,298 "registered" sex offenders hiving in the community; 325 of those are registered in Grays Harbor County; 37 of those live within the city limits of Hoquiam. (This number usually fluctuates between 30 and 40).
You may obtain additional information on sex offenders living in Hoquiam by contacting the Detective Sergeant at the Hoquiam Police Department Investigations Unit: Phone 532-0892.
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