So why does this reporters report, not jive with what the sheriff departments own web site is saying?
08/09/2011
By Daniel Borunda
El Paso police and sheriff's deputies arrested 23 men during a team operation checking the compliance of registered sex offenders.
- This is not true, see the sheriff offices report below. Only 5 were arrested.
Police and sheriff officials said Monday that "Operation Fury" took place in two phases. The first phase, on July 13-15, checked the home verification of registered sex offenders in the Pebble Hills police region and outside the El Paso city limits.
Phase two took place citywide July 31-Aug. 2 and targeted sex offenders wanted on warrants. Nine of 10 arrests made by police were for traffic warrants.
During the operation, deputies also arrested two men who are not sex offenders on suspicion of possession of less than a gram of cocaine. The Sheriff's Office said there are about 300 registered sex offenders in El Paso County.
Original ArticleAnd now for the real facts from the sheriff's office. Just goes to show you, you cannot trust reporters, IMO.
EPCSO in conjunction with the EPPD, simultaneously execute a Sex Offender compliance check in two phases resulting in subsequent arrests.
PHASE I: JULY 13-15, 2011, PHASE II: JULY 31ST-AUGUST 2ND, 2011
The County of El Paso has approximately 300 Registered Sex Offenders with approximately 187 sex offenders currently residing within the County.
The mission of “Operation Fury” was to successfully execute a six day sex offender compliance blitz to ascertain the level of sex offender compliance in the County of El Paso. The compliance checks were executed in two phases in which participating sections verified 168 Registered Sex Offenders, not to include those incarcerated which make up the other approximate half.
Deputies accomplished this operation by initiating systematic checks of residences that “should” be occupied by the Registered Sex Offenders. Deputies worked a total of six days, 8 hr shifts, to accomplish this mission.
- What a waste of money. And how many deputies were actually on the street investigating crime and patrolling to keep people safe?
The El Paso Police Department Pebble Hills Regional Command initiated a similar operation on the same dates in their perspective precinct within the City of El Paso also verifying an approximate 57 Registered Sex Offenders.
EPSO/ PHASE I & PHASE II RESULTS:
168 - SEX OFFENDERS VERIFIED
166 - COMPLIANT
2 - NON-COMPLIANT
- So you see, this info is a lot different that what the reporter reported. Only two were in non-compliance.
TOTAL ARRESTS: 5
- 2 - MISDEAMENOR ARREST (TRAFFIC WARRANTS)
- 5 - FELONY ARRESTS
- 2- POSSESSION OF C/S PG 1 u/1 g (cocaine)
- 2-FAIL TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
- 1-CRIMINAL NON-SUPPORT
The Sex Offender Unit has once again shown the significant impact on the tracking and monitoring of all registered sex offenders in the county. The joint operation with the El Paso Police Department’s Sex Offender Registration and Tracking Unit, resulted in a quite successful operation, “OPERATION FURY”.
- And once again, the sheriff's taking credit for this, to justify the registry? It's a known fact that most sex offenders comply, with or without these draconian raids, and it also shows that most do not re-offend.
