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TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Steve Sweeney and Fred H. Madden which would make permanent the provisions of the “Sex Offender Monitoring Act,” was unanimously approved today by the full Senate.

“Before the inception of the pilot program, there was really no way to monitor released sex offenders, which made it easier for some of them to re-offend,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “The continuation of this program is absolutely necessary to help law enforcement keep an eye on high-risk sex offenders and their whereabouts.”

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Steve Sweeney and Fred H. Madden which would make permanent the provisions of the “Sex Offender Monitoring Act,” was unanimously approved today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.

“Enacting this bill would put a permanent stamp of approval on a program that has already proven to be both necessary and successful,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “This bill would continue the work the pilot program started to help keep our children safe as they travel to and from school and as they play at parks and around their neighborhoods.”

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Steve Sweeney and Fred H. Madden which would make permanent the provisions of the “Sex Offender Monitoring Act,” a pilot program which became law in 2005, was approved today by the Senate Law, Public Safety and Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

“Today is a historic day for the people of New Jersey in that we are making permanent a program that will help keep our children safe from dangerous sexual predators,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “Before the pilot program was established, the system was failing our children in that, sexual predators were able to live near and even walk onto the grounds of schools and parks because police were not able to monitor the predators’ whereabouts. By making the GPS program permanent, we would be renewing our commitment to protecting the health and welfare of New Jersey’s children.”