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Mountain View Police Department
1000 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
650/903-6344
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Hours
General Business:
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.)
Walk-in Crime Reports:
7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (7 days)
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Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved in across the street from the Kankas. Her parents had no knowledge that a violent offender was living in their neighborhood. Megan's parents embarked on a national crusade to change federal and state laws to allow for community notification of released sex offenders. The Kankas testified before California's legislature. In 1996, Governor Pete Wilson signed California's Megan's Law.
California Megan's Law
Today the state provides Megan's Law information online at:www.meganslaw.ca.gov
Public Notifications
Megan's Law also authorizes police to notify the community of potential threats posed by registered sex offenders. Law enforcement did not have this option prior to Megan's Law.
During patrol, officers may notify individuals who may be at risk, if they are in proximity to a registered sex offender. For example, officers encounter a registrant near a playground. If the offender has been convicted of child molestation offenses, officers can inform parents who are at the location, that their children are playing near a sex offender.
In certain situations, Police may also warn residents, schools, churches, or any other community members at risk, that a registered sex offender resides nearby. Typically, this means going door-to-door, handing out flyers with information about the sex offender. | | Megan's Law Online
State of California
National Registry (registries for all 50 states)
Questions?
Email
650/903-6349
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