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S.A.F.E.
Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement
Joint Media Release
(print version)

Contact: Ingrid Wyatt
Public Information Officer
(951) 955-5626

SAFE Team Adds Parole Agents

RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, March 6, 2008: District Attorney Rod Pacheco in conjunction with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary James Tilton announced today the addition of two parole agents to the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team.

"The SAFE Team has been given an important task and it is essential that we do our best to equip it with appropriate resources and personnel," said James Tilton, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "We are proud to be working in conjunction with the existing department partners on this team and in pursuit of the common goal to ensure public safety from potential predators," added Tilton.

Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco said, "Successful tracking of these sexual predators would not be possible without the SAFE Team and the support and cooperation of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation working together to keep our communities safe."

Under California law, convicted sex offenders must register with local law enforcement in the city of residence within five days. The addition of two parole agents will greatly enhance the interagency cooperation of supervising registered sex offenders.

With nearly 3,285 registered sex offenders living in Riverside County, the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) task force focuses efforts on monitoring, surveillance, tracking, arrest, registration, and group home monitoring and inspection of these sex offenders.

The task force works with local law enforcement to provide sex offender release and location notification to the public. It consists of five regional compliance teams and one countywide oversight team. A total of 316 arrests were made by the task force in 2007.

Also included in the task force is the S.P.I.D.E.R. (Sexual Predator Internet Decoy Enforcement in Riverside County) Unit which coordinates and facilitates undercover Internet sexual predator sting operations. This arm of the task force is operating in Southwest Riverside County.

The SAFE Team was formed in May, 2006 and combines the resources of the District Attorney's Office, Sheriff's Department, Probation Department, Banning Police Department, Corona Police Department, the California Department of Justice, and now includes the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Adult Parole Operations.