Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense, Flashcards
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense, who will investigate all incidents of rape and all other sex offenses.
The Special Victims Unit (SVU)
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense, In cases where misdemeanor level sexual contact is made with a victim during
the course of another felony crime, the higher grade crime will be handled by ?
detective division of occurrence.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense, The SVU shall investigate all incidents of felony sexual assault when an additional offense is committed (e.g., the victim is robbed and raped), except _______?
homicide offenses.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law , In the case of a homeless/transient Sexually Violent Predator or homeless/transient sexually violent delinquent child, notice is given to those persons who live or work within _________?
250 feet of the sexually
violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child’s transient location or the 25 most immediate residences and places of
employment in proximity to the sexually violent predator or sexually
violent delinquent child’s transient location, whichever is greater
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law ,Community Notification (42 Pa. C.S. § 9799.12)
1. Pennsylvania law allows a community notification of a sexually violent predator
or sexually violent delinquent child under two circumstances:
a. In cases where the convicted sex offender is found to be a sexually violent
predator or sexually violent delinquent child.
b. When a person enters Pennsylvania under the Interstate Compact Act.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law , who will provide information to the PPD regarding community notification.
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP)
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law , The notification shall contain the following:
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a. The name of the convicted sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child.
b. The address or addresses at which they reside. If the individual is a transient, written notice shall consist of the transient’s temporary habitat or other temporary place of abode or dwelling, including, but not limited to, a homeless shelter or park, and a list of the places the transient eats, frequents and engages in leisure activities.
c. The offense for which they were convicted, sentenced by a court, adjudicated delinquent, or court martialed.
d. A statement that the sexually violent offender has been determined to be a sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child, which determination has or has not been terminated as of a date certain.
e. A photograph of the sexually violent predator, or sexually violent delinquent child, if available.
f. The notice SHALL NOT include any information that might reveal the victim’s name, identity, and residence. (PLEAC 4.8.1a)
3. Upon receipt of the notification of a sexually violent predator, or sexually violent delinquent child, the Police Commissioner, or their designee (SVU), is required to provide written notification (using a community notification flyer), including the information listed in section 3-A-2-a-f of this Appendix, to the following persons:
a. Neighbors of the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child;
NOTE: Neighbors are defined as those persons who live or work within 250 feet of Sexually Violent Predator’s or a Sexually Violent Delinquent child’s residence or the 25 most immediate residences and places of employment in proximity to the predator’s or offender’s residence, whichever is greater.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law, A Urgency of Notification
1. This notice is to be provided within the following time frames:
a. To neighbors, notice shall be provided within five (5) days after obtaining
information of the sexually violent predator’s or sexually violent delinquent
child’s release date and residence location has been received by the
Philadelphia Police Department. Verbal notification may be used if written
notification would delay meeting this time requirement.
b. To all others, notice shall be provided within seven (7) days after information
of a sexually violent predator’s or sexually violent delinquent child’s release
date and residence location has been received by the Philadelphia Police Department. (PLEAC 4.8.1c
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law, Public Notice
- All information provided in accordance with this directive shall be made available,
upon request, to the general public. Information may be provided by electronic
means, thus, the public may be referred to the PA State Police Megan’s Law website link on the PPD website: http://phillypolice.com; or directly to: http://pameganslaw.state.pa.us
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law, Duty to Inform Victim (42 Pa. C.S. § 9799.26)
When an individual is determined to be a sexually violent predator or
sexually violent delinquent child by a court under Section 9799, the Police
Commissioner, or his designee (SVU), shall give written notice to the sexually violent predator’s or sexually violent delinquent child’s victim when the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child registers initially and when they notify the PSP of any change of residence, employment, or enrollment as a student. This notice shall be given within 72 hours after the PPD receives notification that a sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child is registered or notified the PSP of a change of residence, employment, or enrollment as a student.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law, Duty to Inform Victim (42 Pa. C.S. § 9799.26)
The notice shall contain the sexually violent predator’s or sexually
violent delinquent child’s:
a. Name
b. Residence (address or addresses where they reside)
c. Address of employment and the address where the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child is enrolled as a student.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law Residence – As defined by 42 Pa. C.S. § 9799.12, a location where an individual resides or is domiciled or intends to be domiciled for_______?
30 consecutive days or more during a calendar year. The term includes a residence which is mobile, including a houseboat, mobile home, trailer or recreational vehicle.
According to Directive 5.25 Rape and other sex offense,
Megan’s law Notifications :
- Neighbors of the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child;
- The Director of the Department of Human Service (the County Children and Youth Service Agency for Philadelphia) where the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child resides
3.The Philadelphia School District Superintendent and the equivalent officials for
private and parochial schools in the municipality where the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child resides or is transient.
4.The Philadelphia School District Superintendent and the equivalent officials for private and parochial schools located within a one mile radius where the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child resides or is transient.
5.The licensee of each certified daycare center and licensed preschool program
and owner/operator of each registered family daycare home in the municipality
where the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child resides or is transient. - The president of each college, university, and/or community college located within 1,000 feet of a sexually violent predator’s or sexually violent delinquent child’s residence or is transient. (PLEAC 4.8.1b)
