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Sheriff's office posts "no-trick-or-treat" signs in yards of registered democrat sex offenders
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 1, 2018, 4:16:52 PM11/1/18
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The sheriff's office of Butts County, Georgia, wants to ensure that kids
celebrating Halloween will be safe while collecting candy. So this year,
the office is taking an extra precaution: -- posting "no-trick-or-treat"
signs in the yards of registered sex offenders.
"I'm not trying to humiliate 'em or anything like that. Let's face
reality: We have a greater chance of children getting run over by a car
[on Halloween] than being a victim of sexual assault by a repeat
offender," says Sheriff Gary Long. "But at the end of the day if, in fact,
we had a child that fell victim to a sexual assault, especially by a
convicted sex offender, I don't think I could sleep at night."
Long told CBS News there are 54 registered sex offenders in Butts County.
He and his deputies began placing the signs on the edges of the offenders'
yards Saturday and each one now has one.
The signs read "Warning! No trick-or-treat at this address!! A community
safety message from Butts County Sheriff Gary Long. They include graphics
of stop signs and a Halloween bag with a large caution sign over it.
screen-shot-2018-10-30-at-11-53-13-pm.png
The sign placed on the edges of the front yards of registered sex
offenders in Butts County, Georgia. BUTTS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VIA
FACEBOOK
The Sheriff wrote the signs were placed "in accordance with Georgia Law
O.C.G.A. 42-1-12-i(5)," in a post on the Butts County Sheriff's Office
Facebook page Saturday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations website says
the law says, "The sheriff's office in each county shall: Inform the
public of the presence of sexual offenders in each community."
In previous years, Long said, his deputies have visited the offenders,
completed the mandatory compliance checks a few weeks before Halloween and
placed a sign on the door warning trick-or-treaters about the residents.
But this year, the second-term Sheriff wanted to increase visibility --
due to a change in Halloween night programming.
In the past, the sheriff told CBS News, there was a large trick-or-
treating event in the town square, where local businesses, the police and
fire departments would hand out candy to the kids. Long says 2,500 to
4,000 children attended the event each year. The program was canceled this
year, and thousands of kids will be trick-or-treating the old fashioned
way: house-to-house.
While Long says most of the sex offenders "understood," he did receive a
few emails from offenders saying the signs were an "embarrassment."
"At the end of the day, I don't care if they do like it or if they don't
like it. My job us to ensure the safety of the children and the community
and that's what I'm going to do," Long told CBS News., adding that he's
received positive feedback from some parents and community members about
the signs.
Long said deputies would remove the signs by Thursday morning.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
office-no-trick-or-treat-signs-front-of-registered-sex-offenders-homes/
The sheriff's office of Butts County, Georgia, wants to ensure that kids
celebrating Halloween will be safe while collecting candy. So this year,
the office is taking an extra precaution: -- posting "no-trick-or-treat"
signs in the yards of registered sex offenders.
"I'm not trying to humiliate 'em or anything like that. Let's face
reality: We have a greater chance of children getting run over by a car
[on Halloween] than being a victim of sexual assault by a repeat
offender," says Sheriff Gary Long. "But at the end of the day if, in fact,
we had a child that fell victim to a sexual assault, especially by a
convicted sex offender, I don't think I could sleep at night."
Long told CBS News there are 54 registered sex offenders in Butts County.
He and his deputies began placing the signs on the edges of the offenders'
yards Saturday and each one now has one.
The signs read "Warning! No trick-or-treat at this address!! A community
safety message from Butts County Sheriff Gary Long. They include graphics
of stop signs and a Halloween bag with a large caution sign over it.
screen-shot-2018-10-30-at-11-53-13-pm.png
The sign placed on the edges of the front yards of registered sex
offenders in Butts County, Georgia. BUTTS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VIA
The Sheriff wrote the signs were placed "in accordance with Georgia Law
O.C.G.A. 42-1-12-i(5)," in a post on the Butts County Sheriff's Office
Facebook page Saturday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations website says
the law says, "The sheriff's office in each county shall: Inform the
public of the presence of sexual offenders in each community."
In previous years, Long said, his deputies have visited the offenders,
completed the mandatory compliance checks a few weeks before Halloween and
placed a sign on the door warning trick-or-treaters about the residents.
But this year, the second-term Sheriff wanted to increase visibility --
due to a change in Halloween night programming.
In the past, the sheriff told CBS News, there was a large trick-or-
treating event in the town square, where local businesses, the police and
fire departments would hand out candy to the kids. Long says 2,500 to
4,000 children attended the event each year. The program was canceled this
year, and thousands of kids will be trick-or-treating the old fashioned
way: house-to-house.
While Long says most of the sex offenders "understood," he did receive a
few emails from offenders saying the signs were an "embarrassment."
"At the end of the day, I don't care if they do like it or if they don't
like it. My job us to ensure the safety of the children and the community
and that's what I'm going to do," Long told CBS News., adding that he's
received positive feedback from some parents and community members about
the signs.
Long said deputies would remove the signs by Thursday morning.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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