'Intensified' Sex Offender Monitoring In East Hampton For Halloween

EAST HAMPTON, NY — East Hampton Town Police have been engaging in "intensified" sex offender monitoring over the weekend and will continue through Halloween night, officials said.

According to East Hampton Town Police, the initiative consists of several detectives who are visiting the homes of registered sex offenders and conducting random surveillance to ensure compliance with state and local laws.

"The safety of our children is a top priority in East Hampton," police said.

The police department offers the following tips to keep children safe:

- Make sure older children take friends and stay together while trick-or-treating.

- Never send younger children out alone — they should be with a parent, guardian, or another trusted adult.

- Always walk younger children to the door to receive treats.

- Don't let children enter a home unless you are with them.

- Be sure children do not approach any vehicle, occupied or not, unless you are with them.

Meanwhile, the civil rights organization NARSOL continues to advocate for putting an end to the sex offender registry, saying that they are "dehumanizing" and that their mission is to "eliminate discrimination, banishment, and vigilantism against persons accused or convicted of sexual offenses through the use of impact litigation, public education, legislative advocacy, and media outreach in order to reintegrate and reconcile affected individuals and restore their constitutional rights."