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Dallas police 'erred badly' in turning away sex offenders who sought to register

By "eAdvocate"

10-24-2010 Texas: Sex offenders who must update their registration with the Dallas police have been routinely turned away after waiting outside the department door for hours. "I've got to abide by the law or they put me back in prison," said one offender who asked not to be identified. Department spokesman C.L. Williams said the department "erred badly" by limiting the number of registrants to about three dozen a day in recent weeks, a short-term response to a manpower shortage during the State Fair of Texas. On one recent day, a small waiting room was packed and lines snaked down to the sidewalk outside the Jack Evans Police Headquarters. Similar scenes had been reported in recent weeks. After the problem was called to its attention, the department stopped turning offenders away before they are registered...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 24, 2010 (boomark / email).