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UPDATE: Tuesday, 8 p.m.
The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved a bill Tuesday evening that supporters say will create the strongest sex offender monitoring program in the nation and will close the two trailers housing homeless sex offenders in Southampton Town.Under the new law, dubbed the Community Protection Act, the homeless sex offenders will instead be placed at one of the county’s existing shelters at the discretion of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services commissioner, with no more than one offender per facility and offenders kept separate from families.
The Suffolk County Police Department, which developed the proposal at the direction of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, will work closely with Parents for Megan’s Law, a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention of sexual abuse, to monitor and spread information... more
Oh boy sounds like Hidden Cove is getting some new tenants,
Maybe HHS can defend them as well now that they are closer to home.
in a special care facility and housed in one place not in our communities.