The San Diego County SAFE Task Force
is in its 7th year of operation and continues to meet
its goal of significantly diminishing sex crimes in San
Diego County by pro-actively monitoring and tracking
registered sex offenders, ensuring their compliance with
registration requirements.
I joined the Task Force in January 2010 and was amazed
at the investigations, arrests and the sex offender
compliance rate of 96% this team accomplished in 2009.
The 2008 COPS Child Sexual Predator Program (CSPP) grant
has helped accomplish our goals of providing training to
local officers to pro-actively identify and take
immediate action against offenders; we hosted a
county-wide training symposium for elected officials;
the grant provided over-time to ensure compliance of
offenders at night and on the weekends, and we purchased
equipment to enhance our monitoring and surveillance
techniques.
Our task force is regarded as one of the most
experienced groups of law enforcement officers in the
State dealing with registered sex offenders, and have
been called upon numerous times to assist other counties
in establishing similar task forces in their regions.
This team of different agencies epitomizes the future of
law enforcement; a collaboration of all local resources
to control the rise of sex crimes in San Diego County.
Sexual predators are not confined to one city in the County and through
the utilization of the Task Force model, local law
enforcement is not either.
Public safety continues to be at the forefront of our
mission, and I would like to take the opportunity to
thank all the members of the SAFE Task Force for another
exceptional year. I am proud of the dedication, commitment and the
contributions each person has made to the task force.
I look forward
to continued success of the team and I am thankful for
the opportunity to join this veteran group of
investigators.
David Collazo, Commander
San Diego SAFE Task Force
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