Community notification can take place ONLY in two circumstances:
In cases where the convicted sex offender is determined by a court to be a Sexually Violent Predator
When an out-of-state offender is required to submit to community notification in their state of origin, regardless of whether or not the offender is classified as a sexually violent predator.
The Pennsylvania State Police will provide community notification flyers to the police departments having primary jurisdiction over the municipalities where the sexually violent predator/out-of-state offender resides. Included with the community notification flyers are instructions for the police departments on how to perform community notification.
The community notification flyers contain the following information:
The name of the Sexually Violent Predator/Out-of-State Offender
The address or addresses in which he resides
The offense for which he was convicted
A statement that he has been determined by court order to be a Sexually Violent Predator or a statement that the Out-of-State Offender is subject to community notification by his state of origin.
A photograph of the Sexually Violent Predator/Out-of-State Offender, if available.
NOTE: The community notification flyers WILL NOT include any information that might reveal the victim's name, identity, and residence.
The chief law enforcement officer of the police department of the municipality where a sexually violent predator or out-of-state offender resides is responsible for community notification. The officer is required to make community notification to the following persons: Neighbors of the Sexually Violent Predator/Out-of-State Offender
The director of the county children and youth service agency of the county where the sexually violent predator/out-of-state offender resides
The superintendent of each school district and the equivalent official for private and parochial schools enrolling students through grade 12 in the municipality where the sexually violent predator/out-of-state offender resides
The superintendent of each school district and the equivalent official for each private and parochial school located within a one-mile radius of where the sexually violent predator/out-of-state offender resides
The licensee of each certified day care center and licensed preschool program and owner/operator of each registered family day-care home in the municipality where the sexually violent predator/out-of-state offender resides
The president of each college, university, and community college located within 1,000 feet of a sexually violent predator's or out-of-state offender's residence.
Victim Notification
Victims of Sexually Violent Predators
Where an individual is determined to be a Sexually Violent Predator by a court, the police department of the municipality where the Sexually Violent Predator resides shall give written notice to the victim of the Sexually Violent Predator within 72 hours after the Sexually Violent Predator registers or notifies the Pennsylvania State Police of a change of address. The notice shall contain the Sexually Violent Predator's name and the address or addresses where he resides.
The victim may terminate the notification by providing the police department of the municipality where the Sexually Violent Predator resides with a written statement releasing that department from the duty to notify. The victim can reinstate the duty to notify if they so desire. The request to reinstate notification shall be made in writing to the Pennsylvania State Police, Megan's Law Section.
Victims of Sex Offenders
Where an individual is not determined to be a Sexually Violent Predator by a court, the victim will be notified in accordance with section 201 of the Act of November 24, 1998 (P.L. 882, No. 111), known as the Crime Victim's Act.
1 A "Sexually Violent Predator" is a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense as set forth in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9795.1 (relating to registration) and who is determined to be a sexually violent predator under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9795.4 (relating to assessments) due to a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses. The term includes an individual determined to be a sexually violent predator where the determination occurred in the United States or one of its territories or possessions, another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a foreign nation or by court martial. 42 Pa.C.S. § 9792.
2 An offender is an individual required to register under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9795.1(a), (b)(1) or (2)(relating to registration). 42 Pa.C.S. § 9792.
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What about the bus stops and the kids walking from PAMD ???? I am very upset that a SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR can just move right on in and nothing can be done