SEX OFFENDERS TARGETED COUNTY WILL MAKE DATA AVAILABLE ON NET SOURCE} BY GREG BOTONIS STAFF WRITER.PALMDALE - Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
On the Web site, people will be able to search for sex offenders living within a certain distance from an address, park or school, or search by ZIP code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. or community, then click to call up an offender's name, photograph, ZIP code and other information. ``It's another tool to empower the public to protect themselves and their families,'' Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San , who authored the proposal, said after the vote. The system will cost about $15,000 to set up and about $2,000 a year to maintain, but officials don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how long it will take to get operational. The names and photographs will be added to the county's sex offender locator page, which is accessible at www.lacounty.info. The page right now displays color-coded dots to indicate either a high- risk or serious sex offender living in a specific neighborhood but does not list names, photos or addresses. Dots are blue for serious sex offenders and red for high-risk offenders. High-risk offenders have been convicted of multiple offenses, at least one of which is a violent sex crime. Serious offenders have been convicted of any ``serious'' sex crime. To look up an offender's name or photograph, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County residents now must visit a police or sheriff's station to use a ``Megan's Law'' computer - named for a law named for a New Jersey girl raped and killed by a child molester Noun 1. child molester - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paederast, pederast degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior who moved in across the street from her family's home. State Assemblywoman Sharon Runner Sharon Runner (born May 17 1954, Los Angeles) is a Californian politician. She has been a member of the California State Assembly since 2002. Runner, a Republican from Antelope Valley represents the 36th district. has been pushing for a statewide Internet listing of sex offenders, which is done in at least 40 states. ``The more we can do to protect our children out there the better,'' said Runner, a Lancaster Republican. ``Having this information available over the Internet so people don't have to take time out of their schedule to go to the sheriff's station to use the Megan's Law Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. computer is just going to make people more aware.'' When the new system is in place, visitors to the county Web site will be able to click on red dots denoting high-risk sex offenders, and a box with the offender's name and picture, physical description, any aliases, and ZIP code will appear. Antonovich said he wants to take the system a step further and include on the Internet all of the county's nearly 13,000 serious sex offenders, but current state legislation won't allow that. The Antelope Valley has more than 600 serious sex offenders and a half- dozen high-risk offenders. Antonovich says he will work with state lawmakers to try to authorize the posting of Internet information on serious offenders. Runner said she would help that effort. ``We definitely need to get that legislation through for cities and counties who want to post that information,'' Runner said. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com |
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