Lessons in TelevisionWritten by Alyice Edrich
We were watching a preview about movie, S.W.A.T., and how original weekly drama was cancelled because it showed a lot of gun shooting–which many in industry felt was “too violent.” If you grew up in 70’s you would realize that original S.W.A.T. wasn’t violent, but rather consisted of daily dealings of real S.W.A.T. officers and while there was gun shooting, there was no blood and guts. In fact, in just about every show they tried to handle situation without bringing in “BIG GUNS.”Honestly, we can’t shelter our children from everything in life. If we did, they would go into world and face its ugliness naively and could ultimately find themselves in situations they didn’t need to be in. Instead, we should use some of ugliness portrayed in films as a way to break ice and speak to our children on topics we might not otherwise have found a way to talk about. For instance, just last week we were watching show, “Without A Trace.” This week’s issue dealt with bullies and a child who tried to hang himself because
| | Sex Offenders in OklahomaWritten by Jon and Ruth Udden
A Clarification of Sex Offender Classification From: sexoffendersoklahoma.com Herein lies problem in majority of communities in Oklahoma. The lack of sufficient : ENFORCEMENT-- REGISTRATION --IDENTIFICATION--AND NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION There is a major sense of false security and misunderstanding parents have in regards to their child's safety and protection against pursuit of sexual predators. Coupled with fact that in main law enforcement, including our elected city, county and state officials collectively, lack a thorough understanding of Title 57 of Oklahoma Constitution. Title 57 places restrictions on all convicted sex offenders. These restrictions are levied according to severity and frequency of offence adjudicated by a court of law be it a judge and/or jury. Inform your state and local elected officials or police department that as a citizen, taxpayer and voter you want to be able to see on web a picture of any sex offender who has moved into your neighborhood and personally be informed of same. Under state law, Title 57 of Oklahoma state statute says you as a citizen have right to be informed by your local police department in any manner they deem appropriate. Community notification is not required in Oklahoma. If a sex offender resides within city limit of a given municipality Oklahoma law requires that all cities use their law enforcement personnel to record and maintain a record of predator for a period of 10 years. This is assuming predator of his own volition reports to police station and completes necessary forms as prescribed by law. A sex offender living outside a given municipality comes under jurisdiction of county sheriffs office. The law applies equally between city and county law enforcement officials. Presently inorder to locate an individual sex offender in Oklahoma requires searching 77 counties and an untold number of both large and small cities. The reason being each entity can independently display sex offenders on internet. They may not display a predator outside their city limits or county jurisdiction. At present there are only 12 city and 2 county sheriffs departments with websites that display and provide sex offender information. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections website does an outstanding job of displaying sex offenders. They show sex offenders that have been classified as habitual or aggravated. This is only tip of iceberg. For this reason it is purpose and intent of sexoffendersoklahoma.com to become focal point for gathering and displaying sex offender information. Our goal is to provide parental education, child abuse and sex offender awareness statewide in order to protect and guard our children against sexual predators. Ultimately, you Mr. & Mrs. Citizen, with click of a mouse will be able to see picture of and identify all sex offenders residing in your neighborhood. Oklahoma has 3 classifications; at present they are: 1. (habitual) This sex offender has been convicted of more than one sex crime. Somewhere in this country, a predator attempts to abduct a child every 4 1/2 minutes!
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