Level 1 Sex
Offenders
Where the Sex Offender
Registry Board determines that the risk of reoffense by an offender is low
and the degree of dangerousness posed to the public by that offender is
not such that a public safety interest is served by public availability,
the Board shall give that offender a Level 1 designation.
Information on Level 1
offenders will not be available to the public. Neither the police nor the
Board have authority to disseminate information to the general public
identifying a Level 1 offender.
Information identifying
Level 1 offenders may only be given to the department of correction, any
county correctional facility, the department of youth services, the
department of social services, the parole Board, the department of
probation and the department of mental health, all city and town police
departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for law enforcement
purposes.
Level 2 Sex Offenders
Where the Board determines
that the risk of reoffense is moderate and the degree of dangerousness
posed to the public is such that a public safety interest is served by
public availability of registration information, it shall give a level 2
designation to the sex offender.
The
public shall have access to the information regarding a level 2 offender
through the Rockland Police Department.
Level 3 Sex Offenders
Where the Board determines
that the risk of reoffense is high and the degree of dangerousness posed
to the public is such that a substantial public safety interest is served
by active dissemination, it shall give a level 3 designation to the sex
offender.
The public shall have access to the information
regarding a level 3 offender through the Rockland Police Department and
through the Sex Offender Registry Board.
Sexually Violent Predators
If the Board, in
finally giving an offender a level 3 classification, also concludes that
such sex offender should be designated a sexually violent predator, the
Board shall transmit a report to the sentencing court explaining the
Board's reasons for so recommending, including specific identification of
the sexually violent offense committed by such sex offender and the mental
abnormality from which he suffers. The sentencing court at that point may
determine by a preponderance of the evidence, whether such sex offender is
a Sexually Violent Predator.
The public shall have access
to the information regarding a Sexually Violent Predator through the
Rockland Police Department and through the Sex Offender Registry Board.
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