[Adopted 3-23-2010 by Res. No. 242-2010 (Ch. 775, Art. VII,
of the 1985 Code)]
A.
Sex offenders in New York State are required under the Sex Offender
Registration Act (SORA) to provide their permanent residence address
to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
B.
Homeless registered sex offenders are more difficult for the state
and County to track, as they have no permanent address on file.
D.
The County Executive has announced plans to discontinue the use of
the trailers and move to a system whereby the Department of Social
Services will provide homeless sex offenders with $90 per night to
secure their own overnight accommodations.
E.
By discontinuing the use of the trailers, homeless sex offenders
will be housed in sites across the County with no oversight, supervision
or security.
F.
GPS tracking devices provide detailed information about a person's
location and are currently being used by law enforcement agencies
across the country to track certain individuals on parole or probation
to ensure they are meeting the conditions of their release.
G.
Since homeless sex offenders in Suffolk County will be scattered
throughout the community under the County Executive's new policy,
requiring homeless sex offenders to wear GPS tracking devices would
supplement the residence information provided to the state under SORA
and allow for more effective tracking of these individuals.
All homeless registered sex offenders residing in Suffolk County
who receive assistance from the Department of Social Services to obtain
temporary emergency housing shall be provided with, and must wear,
a GPS tracking device for the duration of their stay in emergency
housing.
The Department of Social Services shall provide homeless registered
sex offenders with the GPS tracking device required pursuant to this
article.
