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Policy 327Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica Police Department Policy Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2022/12/14, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Monica Police DepartmentRegistered Offender Information - 1Registered Offender Information 327.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This policy establishes guidelines by which the Santa Monica Police Department will address issues associated with certain offenders who are residing in the jurisdiction and how the Department will disseminate information and respond to public inquiries for information about registered sex, arson and drug offenders. 327.2 POLICY It is the policy of the Santa Monica Police Department to identify and monitor registered offenders living within this jurisdiction and to take reasonable steps to address the risks those persons may pose. 327.3 REGISTRATION The Criminal Investigations Division supervisor shall establish a process to reasonably accommodate registration of certain offenders. The process should rebut any allegation on the part of the offender that the registration process was too confusing, burdensome, or difficult for compliance. If it is reasonable to do so, an investigator assigned to related investigations should conduct the registration in order to best evaluate any threat the person may pose to the community. Those assigned to register offenders should receive appropriate training regarding the registration process. Upon conclusion of the registration process, the investigator shall ensure that the registration information is provided to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) in accordance with applicable law (Penal Code § 457.1; Penal Code § 290 et seq.). The refusal of a registrant to provide any of the required information or complete the process should initiate a criminal investigation for failure to register. 327.3.1 CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION The information collected from the registering offenders shall include a signed statement as required by the California DOJ, fingerprints and a photograph, and any other information required by applicable law (Penal Code § 457.1; Penal Code § 290 et seq.). 327.4 MONITORING OF REGISTERED OFFENDERS The Criminal Investigations Division Supervisor should establish a system to periodically, and at least once annually, verify that a registrant remains in compliance with his/her registration requirements after the initial registration. This verification should include: (a)Efforts to confirm residence using an unobtrusive method, such as an internet search or drive-by of the declared residence. (b)Review of information on the California DOJ website for sex offenders. (c)Contact with a registrant's parole or probation officer. Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica Police Department Policy Manual Registered Offender Information Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2022/12/14, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Monica Police DepartmentRegistered Offender Information - 2Any discrepancies should be reported to the California DOJ. The Criminal Investigations Division Supervisor should also establish a procedure to routinely disseminate information regarding registered offenders to Santa Monica Police Department personnel, including timely updates regarding new or relocated registrants. 327.5 DISSEMINATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION Members will not unilaterally make a public notification advising the community of a particular registrant's presence in the community. Members who identify a significant risk or other public safety issue associated with a registrant should promptly advise their supervisor. The supervisor should evaluate the request and forward the information to the Chief of Police if warranted. A determination will be made by the Chief of Police, with the assistance of legal counsel as necessary, whether such a public alert should be made. Members of the public requesting information on sex registrants should be provided the Megan's Law website or the Santa Monica Police Department's website. Information on sex registrants placed on the Santa Monica Police Department's website shall comply with the requirements of Penal Code § 290.46. The Records Manager may release local registered offender information to residents only in accordance with applicable law and in compliance with a California Public Records Act request (Government Code § 7920.000 et seq.; Penal Code § 290.45; Penal Code § 290.46; Penal Code § 457.1). 327.5.1 LIMITED RELEASE WITHIN COLLEGE CAMPUS COMMUNITY California law allows the following additional information regarding a registered sex offender on campus, whose information is not available to the public via the internet website, to be released to a campus community (Penal Code § 290.01(d)): (a)The offender's full name (b)The offender's known aliases (c)The offender's sex (d)The offender's race (e)The offender's physical description (f)The offender's photograph (g)The offender's date of birth (h)Crimes resulting in the registration of the offender under Penal Code § 290 (i)The date of last registration Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica Police Department Policy Manual Registered Offender Information Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2022/12/14, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Monica Police DepartmentRegistered Offender Information - 3For purposes of this section, campus community shall be defined as those persons present at or regularly frequenting any place constituting campus property, satellite facilities, laboratories, public areas contiguous to the campus and other areas set forth in Penal Code § 290.01(d). 327.5.2 RELEASE NOTIFICATIONS Registrant information that is released should include notification that: (a)The offender registry includes only those persons who have been required by law to register and who are in compliance with the offender registration laws. (b)The information is provided as a public service and may not be current or accurate. (c)Persons should not rely solely on the offender registry as a safeguard against offenses in their