PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 02 – Trinidad and Tobago has established a registry for sex offenders, but National Security Minister Edmund Dillon said it would only be available to the police.
Dillon told legislators Friday that the registry was established on December 22 last year by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
“This electronic registry is intended to maintain a report of the particulars of sex offenders who have been mandated by the court to give notification. This information will be maintained in a registry to be accessed by authorised officers and investigators in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service only,” he told Parliament.
He said the police were now engaged in a training and sensitisation exercise with respect to operation of the registry and accessibility to it, as well as restructuring staff requirements to facilitate its requirement.
“Full implementation of the sex offender’s registry and the accompanying station sex offender registry across all nine police divisions will be implemented by June 2016.”
Dillion said he did not believe that it would be better to have public access to facilitate the protection of children, saying “I believe it is designed for police information only and not for the public”.
To the honorable Reverend Hill and those who agree with him, I agree completely with the Police who want to keep the registry “private” and not publish to the public. Here in the US, people are often subject to attack by vigilantes who are trying to impose their own “justice” upon the offender.
A further investigation also shows that it is not the offenders on the list who are of concern and dangerous, but those who are NOT on the list. Over 90% of all sex offenses are committed by people NOT on the registry, and nearly the same percentage of new offenses are committed by people known by the victim. (friends and family) If you will investigate and research, you will find that the numbers I show are sound and true.
While I understand your emotion, good laws should not just make people feel good, they should BE good. Following our emotions is not the way to write a good law. Understanding statistics and studies results in better laws.
I agree with the reverend on this one.law enforcers should share this with other Caribbean countries too
Lets get one started in Dominica..
Good job TRINIDAD,AND I HOPE DOMINICA FOLLOW THE PATH,AND THE NAMES OF THE OFFENDERS SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC.
Every nation should have an online sex registry. The reason? Unfortunately, every nation has sex offenders.
The sex registry should not only be available to the police. It is not the police who are at risk. The public is at risk. The registry should be available to everybody.
The sex registry should be available to:
The police.
Private investigation and security companies.
Landlords and building superintendents.
Employers.
School principals.
The government employees who authorize the issuing of passports.
Border crossing officers and guards.
Those responsible for the operation of children’s camps, and selecting workers for any organization that work with youth.
A sex offenders registry should include the picture, DOB, the crime, date of conviction, and the sentence.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
I agree with this comment 100%
These are people who willfully commit rape. Why T & T authorities bother to inform the public when the registry is only accessible to the police?
I assume if the public is aware of them and they are at large in the public arena, they know what they may do to them.
Names of minors who commit this offense and victims who are minors and adults should never be posted.
The public is interested in knowing who are the adult sex offenders.
Once these names are released, it may be a deterrent or so I hope for, in view of the population T &T has a high rate of all sorts of offenses.
Rapists always commit their abominable act willfully Facts. Anyone ever committed a rape against their will? The names of victims should never be posted, not only if they are minors.
Facts, they are victims you say so yourself so why punish them twice?
EXCELLENT news. I couldn’t be happier for them. GREAT effort T & T.
DOMINICA where are you in this regard? Dominican law makers and judicial enforcers WHERE IS OUR SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRY?
Stop hiding these creatures. EXPOSE them to the public as the monsters that they are!
Those blasted paedophiles should be stamped on their foreheads to make them easily identifiable. These predictors are wolves in sheep clothing robing our children of their childhood/innocence. They MUST be dealt with severely!! Well done Trinidad & Tobago!!
Children name does not have to be on there, just the offender and offense. Example John Doe blank blank blank on minor under 13. Public need to know the molesters in the midst.
What’s the use of having a registry if the public
has no knowledge of who the offenders are. Who
are you protecting?
This is one more example of the government focusing on protecting the sex criminals not helping the victims.
When will the powers which be realize it is not about the being nice to the perverts. It is about protecting and helping the public.
After years of not having a sex registry now to satisfy the public demand the government is creating a sex registry but they are saying it will only be available to the police. If the police had been doing their job they would not need a registry. These vile creatures are often not even investigated much less brought to justice. When they are it is sometimes so long after the offence it is impossible to put a case together.
Now there is talk about vigilante justice because people are saying they are not taking it any more.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
It is the same old, same old.
It is an insult to T. and T., and an embarrassment
to the Caribbean.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.