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♦fK i RESOLUTION NO. 94- 131 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMIISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE FLORIDA DEPART- MENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE FLORIDA i' PAROLE COMrIISSION TO REQUIRE LOCAL REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL PREDATORS PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA SEXUAL PREDATORS ACT FOR ALL EARLY RELEASES REGARDLESS OF THE DATE OF THE OFFENSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE IMPRISONED WHEREAS, repeat sex offenders and sex offenders who use physical violence are sexual predators who must be confined for a significant period of time and subjected to procedures designed to better protect the public safety; and WHEREAS, because of the high recidivism rate and low rehabilitation rate of sexual predators, they require very severe sentences and should not be released from incarceration except under controlled circumstances; and WHEREAS, it is now known that sexual predators are, more than any other type of dangerous offender, highly resistant to change, and need incarceration, supervision and monitoring if the public is to be protected; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida has adopted the Florida Sexual Predators Act requiring sexual predators who are released early from Florida prisons, to register with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement; and WHEREAS, this registration requirement is currently limited to offenses committed on or after October 1, 1993; and WHEREAS, the Florida Parole Commission and the Florida Department of Corrections have the authority to require registration of sexual predators as a condition of early release even for offenses committed prior to October 1, 1993: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County that the Florida Parole Commission and the Florida Department of Corrections are requested not to consider for early release, any sexual predator, but that they serve their full term in prison. The Board further resolves that, if a sexual predator becomes eligible for parole, the Florida Parole Commission and the Florida Department of Corrections require all such sexual predators (as defined in Chapter 93-277 of the Florida Statutes,) to register with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a condition of early release and that such registrations be forwarded to each Chief of Police and Sheriff where such registrant resides within 24 hours. This resolution was moved for adoption by Commissioner Macht , seconded by Commissioner Eggert , and was adopted by the following vote: