Registered Sex Offenders
The following individuals are
registered sex offenders within the City of Bonham. Pursuant to
the requirements as set out in the Texas Sex Offender Registration Program, Art.
62 -- Code of Criminal Procedure, these
individuals have registered with the Bonham Police Department.
(For information on a particular
individual, click on that person's name.)
For information on
registered sex offenders outside the City of Bonham, click here to go to the
Texas
Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Database.
If you should have any questions
regarding Sex Offender Registration, contact Cpt. Timothy M. La Vergne at the
Bonham Police Department.
Residential
Community Notification and Risk Levels
In
an effort to make the public aware of the high risk offender notices are
mailed out by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Not all offenders have a risk level. Only offenders who are coming out of a
penal institution or have been adjudicated as of January 1, 2000 and whom
registration is required must be assigned one of the following risk levels:
Civil Commitment: Repeat sexually violent offenders who
suffer from a behavioral abnormality which makes the person likely to engage
in a predatory act of sexual violence. These offenders are monitored
closely by the law enforcement community 24 hours a day.
High: A designated range of points on the sex offender
screening tool indicating that the person poses a serious danger to the
community and will continue to engage in criminal sexual conduct.
Moderate:
A designated range of points on the sex offender screening tool indicating
that the person poses a moderate danger to the community and may continue to
engage in criminal sexual conduct.
Low: A designated range of points on the sex offender
screening tool indicating that the person poses a low danger to the
community and will not likely engage in criminal sexual conduct.
High Risk Public Notice:
The Texas Department of Public Safety is required to send a High Risk Notice
to every residence within a 3 block radius of the address of any Risk Level
Civil Commitment and Risk Level High offender who was adjudicated as of
January 1, 2000. (one mile radius of a rural address). A High Risk Offender
who was adjudicated before January 1, 2000 will not have a notice
mailed out.


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