The Sacramento Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Team in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service, conducted a four day sex offender compliance operation during the week beginning August 21, 2016. The focus of the operation targeted registered sex offenders who had restrictions for being in the presence of minor children in addition to locating sex offenders who were in violation of their sex offender registration requirements or other laws. Furthermore, the operation was conducted to help develop information regarding the whereabouts of sex offenders who had active warrants for their arrest.
The SAFE Team is a multi-agency task force led by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, who are assigned to supervise, monitor, and arrest registered sex offenders who are out of compliance with their statutory requirement to register or who are in violation of their probation or parole conditions. The SAFE Team members are actively involved in community awareness programs and avail themselves for educational presentations to local, civic, and neighborhood organizations.
During the four day operation officers made contact at 70 residences where registered sex offenders reside within the county. There were 29 arrests made during the operation. Five of the arrests were offenders that were in the presence of minors in violation of their conditions of probation or parole. The other arrests were for outstanding warrants for failing to register as a sex offender, fresh narcotics charges, or gun charges. The SAFE team also developed 10 new cases for further investigation for failing to register as a sex offender.
SAFE team members are responsible for approximately 4,000 mandated registered sex offenders in the city and county of Sacramento. Approximately 406 of those mandated sex offenders are currently registered as transient.
