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6.1 F ' Page 20 Grand Jury Response Page 3 ' community regarding on-line sexual predators, most departments lack the resources or personnel to proactively pursue on-line predators. Sexual Offender Registration 9. County funding available to monitor sexual offenders is declining. Response: Respondent agrees with the finding. Despite the lack of funding, the Redwood City Police Department continues to monitor sex registrants through home checks and visits. 2. While the number of Megan's Law registrants who have been convic�ed of sexual abuse and assault against children grew from 2004-2009, the number of Megan's Law registration violations prosecuted by fhe DA stayed about constant durrng this period. Response: Respondent is unable to respond to this finding. fs unclear whether the grand jury is stating that individuals have reoffended post registration, or whether the finding is that the number of registrants has accumulated over the years. Regardless of the grand jury's contention, there do not appear to be statistics in the report which support either of these findings. If the grand jury has concluded that the number of sex registrants is increasing because the number of convicted sex offenders is increasing cumulatively, this conclusion may not be accurate. In 2006, the law changed in California regarding the necessity for certain types of sex offenders to register per section 290 of #he California Penal Code. [n the case of People v. Hofscheier (20�6) 37 Cal.4 1185, the California Supreme Court ruled that persons convicted of certain "statutory" sex offenses cannot be mandated to register as sex offenders. Therefore, even if the number of persons convicted of sex offenses against children has �emained steady over the past several years, the number of registered sex offenders would not have paralleled that trend. 3. Sex offender reg�strants pursuant fo Secfion 290 of the California Penal Coc�e are required to regisfer at the San Mateo County SherifPs 4�ce. The Sheriff's O�ce is only open for sex offender regisfra�ion on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM. By contrast, the Santa Clara County SherifPs Office is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 52 weeks a year for sex offenders to register. Response: This finding was directed towards the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.