Ramsey 2016 Halloween Safety Map

RAMSEY, N.J. — Before the kids go out trick or treating on Halloween, it’s a good time to take inventory of who is living in your neighborhood.

There is one registered sex offender in Ramsey as of October 2016, three in Fair Lawn and four in Saddle Brook, according to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Sex Offender registry.

The marker on the map below represent the address of the offender convicted of sex crimes. Click on the marker to learn the address of the registered offender.

More than half of rape and sexual assault incidents happen within a mile of the victim’s home, according to the United States Department of Justice. About 75 percent of victims know their attacker and 45 percent of victims are under 12-years-old.

MEGAN’S LAW AND THE NJ SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY

The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General states that the sex offender registry is made available on the Internet to “facilitate public access to information about persons who have committed a sex offense, to enable you to take appropriate precautions to protect yourself and those in your care from possible harm.”

Public access to registry information is intended solely for the protection of the public, and should never be used to threaten, intimidate or harass another, the OAG emphasizes on its website.

Offenses requiring registration include: Aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact if the victim is minor, endangering the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct which would impair or debauch the morals of the child, endangering the welfare of a child through acts involving pornography featuring a child, promoting prostitution of a child, luring or enticing, kidnapping, criminal restraint, and false imprisonment if the victim is a minor and the offender is not a parent of the victim.

The Division of State Police, working in conjunction with the Megan’s Law Units in each county prosecutor’s office, verifies and updates this information regularly, to try to assure that it is complete and correct, the OAG states.

Address information is supplied by the municipal police departments and county prosecutors to the Division of State Police for inclusion in the state database.

“Although efforts have been made to ensure the information is as accurate as possible, no guarantee is made or implied… Information may also be subject to change and re-verification,” the OAG states.

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