Jul. 15, 2008 at 12:28am

News Tribune: Pierce County is Inundated with Sex Offenders

Yesterday, the News Tribune ran an article about how the state will now use email to help notify communities about sex offender's movement.

Perhaps far more useful, however, were the statistics showing how many sex offenders are located in Pierce County compared to other counties in the state.

County                 Population     # Sex Offenders  Offenders per thousand
                                                                               Resident

Pierce County...........790,500..........2785..................3.5
King County...........1,835,300..........3949..................2.2
Snohomish County.....686,300.........1637..................2.4
Skagit County...........102,979............281..................2.8

Given the high recidivism rate of felons, Tacoma and Pierce County are never going to get crime significantly lowered until they get control of the State of Washington felony placement program which designates Tacoma as the perpetual felon dumping ground.

The "fair share" legislation was passed some time ago.  What progress has Pierce County made if any since then?  How long until Tacoma and Pierce County will have something close to our pro-rata share of felons and sex offenders?

What Pierce County candidates are more likely to make the most progress?

Here's Pierce County Prosecutor Gerry Horne on the issue:

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A related video by Niko Case on Tacoma.  A bit painful to hear.