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In reply to the discussion: 238 arrested in sweep of suspected child sex predators [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)33. June is National Internet Safety Month, hence, the timing of the 3rd annual so-called sweep?
Not intended to diminish in any way the efforts detailed in the OP, but the scope is unacceptable given that "the ICACs have identified tens of thousands of suspects" in California.
http://www.protect.org/California-SB178
...California's five ICAC task forces are on the front lines of the fight against child sexual exploitation:
Working with a national and international network of counter-child-exploitation professionals, the ICACs have identified tens of thousands of suspects in California trafficking in video and images of children (often infants and toddlers) being raped, tortured and abused.
...California's five ICAC task forces are on the front lines of the fight against child sexual exploitation:
Los Angeles
San Diego
Fresno
San Jose
Sacramento
Working with a national and international network of counter-child-exploitation professionals, the ICACs have identified tens of thousands of suspects in California trafficking in video and images of children (often infants and toddlers) being raped, tortured and abused.
What to do? Grier Weeks, focusing on VA, writes about the need for new expertly crafted state laws. Not sure what happened in CA (SB-178), personally.
http://thebullelephant.com/support-the-sexual-predator-notification-bill/
February 23, 2015
Guest Contributor Grier Week
I was alarmed by expansion of government surveillance before Edward Snowden was even born, back when NSA stood for No Such Agency. And I am grateful to those who fight to protect the Bill of Rights. But there is dangerous confusion going around about a sexual predator bill that is dividing advocates of privacy rights and protectors of children.
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In Virginia, law enforcement estimates nearly 20,000 child pornography suspects (a number not surprising given convicted offenders and known rates of sexual abuse), but authorities simply dont have the resources to go out and arrest most of them.
They cope by triaging. Desperately outnumbered investigators pursue those cases most likely to involve hands-on sexual offenders with local child victims. In other words, they race to rescue children in danger. Before requesting an administrative subpoena in these cases, law enforcement has actually seen the crime take place. But all they have is an ip of the offender and in order to serve a warrant against the suspect they need a name and address.
This is equivalent to a police officer seeing a hit and run, he pursues the vehicle, cant catch the car but gets the license plate number and gets an administrative subpoena for the name and address of the owner of the vehicle. In that scenario would you want DMV to tip off the owner of the car that law enforcement asked for the information?
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Grier Weeks is Executive Director of the National Association to Protect Children. He began his career in Washington in 1984, working on Capitol Hill promoting prison reform. During the '90s he was a marketing and communications professional, a small business owner and a political campaign manager, featured in the 1996 PBS documentary, "Vote for Me." In 2002, disgusted with partisan politics and the lack of attention given to the treatment of children, Weeks joined with Andrew Vachss and others to form PROTECT, the first national lobby dedicated exclusively to child protection.
February 23, 2015
Guest Contributor Grier Week
I was alarmed by expansion of government surveillance before Edward Snowden was even born, back when NSA stood for No Such Agency. And I am grateful to those who fight to protect the Bill of Rights. But there is dangerous confusion going around about a sexual predator bill that is dividing advocates of privacy rights and protectors of children.
<>
In Virginia, law enforcement estimates nearly 20,000 child pornography suspects (a number not surprising given convicted offenders and known rates of sexual abuse), but authorities simply dont have the resources to go out and arrest most of them.
They cope by triaging. Desperately outnumbered investigators pursue those cases most likely to involve hands-on sexual offenders with local child victims. In other words, they race to rescue children in danger. Before requesting an administrative subpoena in these cases, law enforcement has actually seen the crime take place. But all they have is an ip of the offender and in order to serve a warrant against the suspect they need a name and address.
This is equivalent to a police officer seeing a hit and run, he pursues the vehicle, cant catch the car but gets the license plate number and gets an administrative subpoena for the name and address of the owner of the vehicle. In that scenario would you want DMV to tip off the owner of the car that law enforcement asked for the information?
<>
Grier Weeks is Executive Director of the National Association to Protect Children. He began his career in Washington in 1984, working on Capitol Hill promoting prison reform. During the '90s he was a marketing and communications professional, a small business owner and a political campaign manager, featured in the 1996 PBS documentary, "Vote for Me." In 2002, disgusted with partisan politics and the lack of attention given to the treatment of children, Weeks joined with Andrew Vachss and others to form PROTECT, the first national lobby dedicated exclusively to child protection.
More on California, here: http://www.cpoa.org/ADVOCACY/Electronic-Communications-Search-Warrants-SB-178
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/victory-california-gov-brown-signs-calecpa-requiring-police-get-warrant-accessing
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Interesting. Clearly by locking people up, we are making no progress in stopping this horror.
AllyCat
Jun 2016
#18
Locking these 238 sickos up surely saved many, many children from being abused.
Akicita
Jun 2016
#69
I disagree, and as a gay person, I find the comparison to be deeply offensive.
yardwork
Jun 2016
#20
I noticed. And I notice that gay people are often referenced in DU threads about pedophiles.
yardwork
Jun 2016
#28
I thin you're confusing Science with "a number of so-far untested hypotheses..."
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#35
Because your comments are so offbase and poor quality and uninformed on the things you mention
Craig234
Jun 2016
#40
Orrex, thank you for speaking in support of victims of child molestation, sex trafficking, and rape.
yardwork
Jun 2016
#50
Whether or not pedophiles were born that way isn't the problem. The problem is when they
Akicita
Jun 2016
#66
“The incidence of child sexual exploitation has reached staggering proportions,”
Akicita
Jun 2016
#3
I would hope that a child molester would never be let out of jail early to make room for a pot
Akicita
Jun 2016
#57
We can at least bust up the rings and put as many away as possible. And that would be a lot if we
Akicita
Jun 2016
#62
Certainly you can try just dont get your hopes of it really accomplishing to much
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#65
The 238 sickos they just arrested undoubtably saved many, many children from being raped and abused.
Akicita
Jun 2016
#67
On this issue, Wasserman Schultz is superlative and, frankly, an irreplaceable advocate.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#6
Did you miss the part about the Australian man involved?...This is a worldwide problem, not
whathehell
Jun 2016
#12
This is a big industry in the Dominican Republic, where the govt. looks the other way, and
secondwind
Jun 2016
#17
June is National Internet Safety Month, hence, the timing of the 3rd annual so-called sweep?
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#33