Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Sex Offender Summary

A friend and I were talking about the potential pervs in our neighborhood recently. (She has a little girl, so potential pervs are a concern.) So today, when I shoulda been doing something else (like rounding up those dust bunnies) I spent the better part of my day surveying the Megan’s Law website. I probably won’t be able to sleep tonight, but this is what I found:

By Zip Code - (The number on the left is the number of registered sex offenders. The number on the right is how many of those are in violation.)

93301 – 79/20
93302 – 3/0
93303 – 0
93304 - 132/25
93305 – 178/39
93306 – 86/20
93307 – 232!! (I didn’t count the number in violation for this one.)
93308 – 146/18
93309 – 74/13
93310 – 0
93311 – 8
93312 – 42/1
93312 – 29/2

From this I learned that, 93307 aside, my neighborhood has the highest percentage of “in violation” sex offenders. Needless to say, this information did not please me. Neither did the fact that I recognize one of the “in violation” men from going downtown.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have about eighty names and faces to memorize.