STAFF REPORTS
Industry – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station has issued a report that should give local residents some reassurance. On Fri., Aug. 29, the Special Victims Bureau – Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team (SAFE Team), in collaboration with the California Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and the United States Marshal Service, executed a sex offender home compliance and parole operation in the area under the Industry station’s jurisdiction.
The reported stated that 16 sexual registrants were contacted, and in order to ensure compliance their homes and computers were searched to make certain they were following the terms of their parole. Three of these registrants were found to be in violation, and they were arrested and booked at the Industry station.
The SAFE Team identifies, monitors, arrests and assists in the prosecution of habitual sexual offenders who violate the terms and conditions of their probation or parole, or who fail to comply with the registration requirements of the California Penal Code, or who commit new sexual assault offenses through proactive investigations and surveillances. This program leads to the arrest of habitual sexual offenders. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department currently monitors approximately 3,582 registered sex offenders.
