Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Today I released the following statement regarding an Auditor’s Report Revealing 119 Cases of Sex Offender Addresses Matching Addresses of Child Care Providers
Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) issued
the following statement today regarding the release of a report by State
Auditor Susanne Bump concerning the Department of Early Education and Care
(EEC), which reveals 119 cases where Level 2 and Level 3 sex offender addresses
matched addresses of EEC child care providers:
“Today’s
report by Auditor Bump emphasizes the need to strengthen our sex offender
registry system, and to compel the availability and sharing of critical
information. Providers, parents, and all
of us need information to keep kids out of harm’s way, and the legislation
filed by Senate Republicans and others will make systemic changes to ensure
that it’s available, and that sex offender classifications accurately portray
the risk posed by known offenders.
There
is no excuse and no justification for allowing sex offender information to be
inaccurate, outdated, or inaccessible, and it’s time for comprehensive reform
and legislative action.”
