Re: Police demand powers against sex offenders

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:21:22 +0100, NewsHound <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>POLICE DEMAND POWERS AGAINST SEX OFFENDERS
>By Michael Howie
>
>Scotsman, UK: 31 August 2005
>http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1867492005
>
>Key points
>* Police demand new powers to monitor sex offenders and enter their
>homes
>* First Minister promises legal changes following Rory Blackhall
>murder
>* Up to ten times more sex offenders live in Scotland than are
>registered
>
Actually trhe most key point of what was said seems not to have been
reported by The Scotsman, namely the proposal to put people on the sex
offenders' register when they're *charged*, rather than following
conviction.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4199634.stm

Deputy Chief Constable Robert Ovens of the Association of Chief Police
Officers in Scotland :

"There is certainly a need to ensure that anyone who is subject to an
investigation for a sexual offence and has been charged, that all the
agencies are working together to share information and to make sure
that any risk posed by that individual is managed properly and
minimised to the wider public...Questions as to whether they should be
placed on the register is something which needs to be explored, even
if that is only on a temporary basis."

Brian
.