Identifying a pedophile to his neighbours

[Bipitybopityboop]

If you found out, through work, that a pedophile was going to live on a certain street near you.
Would you anonymously let the neighbourhood know?

Would you want to know?

This could not be traced back to one individual.

[RoseRedRoseBlue]

@AlternativePerspective excellent post. Some people think they have moral superiority over others by dishing out what they think is appropriate punishment but so, so often it’s to satisfy their own inferiority and links exactly to the point you make.

[dannydyerismydad]

For all I know half of my neighbours could be paedophiles.

It's better to bring up my child to have a the tools to deal with difficult situations than it is to be so fixated on one individual.

[EmeraldShamrock]

I'd want to know.
In reality we're probably all living close to a pedophile.

[Bumblebee1980a]

@Cattenberg

My colleague’s young daughter was groped by a man on her way home from school. My colleague reported this to the police. At some point, she asked an officer if there were any other paedophiles living in our town and if so, where were they? The reply was “if you knew how many there were, you wouldn’t step outside your front door”.

It’s a difficult one. If I were a neighbour, I’d want to know, but if vigilantes drive paedophiles out of their homes, it becomes difficult for the authorities to monitor them.

💯this. They're bloody everywhere.

[RoseRedRoseBlue]

@EmeraldShamrock you would want to know so you could do....what?

[gib1973]

Absolutely not!
The police and probation officer will be monitoring it.
Do you want to be responsible for a murder?

[Soontobe60]

@Whanganui
There are many prisons just for paedos so I’m sure that they feel very at home whilst inside
No there are not. There may be separate wings inside some prisons that house high risk prisoners, but not specifically for sex offenders. In fact, there are some sex offenders who transition whilst in custody and get transferred to the women’s prison estate.

[HeronLanyon]

No. Danger of vigilantism. No hope of rehabilitation. Strongly feel that a community focussing fear on one person neglects the fact that more sexual assaults on children and women are within the home.

[ChiefBabySniffer]

@Cattenberg not even arrested never mind prosecuted. They put a police car outside for a few hours and suggested I move the car and Keep the front blinds and front door shut/locked. Only use the back gate and keep that locked too. I felt like a prisoner in my home for about ten days. And we were all on super high alert. But then the local yobs moved on. And that was it.

Was bloody horrible though.

[reallyreallyborednow]

@ChiefBabySniffer. I hate those “paedo hunter” groups.

They’re just big bullies thinking they’re superheroes.

The increasing thing of turning up at houses puts so many people at risk, and also means they don’t know if they have the right person as they are just matching a name to an address.

As for the ones who “stung” a 12 year old innocent child in Wales because the man they were “hunting” didn’t turn up to the arranged meet so they went knocking on the nearest door with someone of that name…

Idiots. And live streaming is all about the fame. No need to live stream, it puts everyone at risk. They post as if their chat logs are proof of guilt.

[RedMarauder]

Id leave it alone. I work with data, I do some work with data analytics and some other stuff and sometimes it involves sensitive data. I have had full access to social care system's database for example. When you look at data for a living you get used to just ignoring the content. If you accidently mention something at work relating to sensitive data you can not only lose your job but can also be committing a crime and be prosecuted. It's not a joke, it's taken very seriously. They keep logs and audit who has viewed this kind of data.

Not obviously you didnt look it up in the system so you won't be tagged but you should still take it just as seriously and you can still get in just as much trouble if you share this information.

Both my partner and myself work with personal information. In my case I've seen people marched out of the building due to being immediately suspended for looking at data they shouldn't have on other people. They are later sacked. It doesn't matter if the personal data is their wife's or a complete strangers, including someone famous

The police are currently investigating police officers and staff who looked up information on the Sarah Everard case.
metro.co.uk/2021/05/17/35-cops-face-charges-for-looking-up-details-of-sarah-everard-case-14593259/

[EmeraldShamrock]

you would want to know so you could do....what?

I'd want to know so I could keep an eye on my DC and the little ones who roam without parental supervision.
Did you think I'd like to out them? Cause troubles? Definitely not, I'm a grown-up I wouldn't be responsible for any violence trouble or bloodbath.
If that's how you're thinking?

[RoseRedRoseBlue]

@ChiefBabySniffer your story alone should be more than enough to stop the OP in her tracks, but the need to meddle will likely override it 😐

[Nickynackynooo]

You should not say anything. TBH he would just be one of many living in your area!!! You should always assume one is close and act accordingly

[RoseRedRoseBlue]

@EmeraldShamrock so, all the things you would be doing anyway then.

[Malin52]

I can imagine how anyone who has legitimate access to such info through work doesn't also know that release of that information is gross misconduct and could result in even more serious personal charges.

[reallyreallyborednow]

For all I know half of my neighbours could be paedophiles.

It's better to bring up my child to have a the tools to deal with difficult situations than it is to be so fixated on one individual

This. Not forgetting the football coach, swim coach, priest, uncle….

Teach your kids to be safe. Turning one person into a bogeyman won’t protect them from all the other dangers.

[AnnaMagnani]

@Soontobe60 you couldn't be more wrong.

The UK has the largest sex offender only prison in Europe. And there is more than one prison like it. I can think of 3 off the top of my head and others will have dedicated wings.

Sex offenders aren't sitting isolated on 'the nonces wing'. They are going to sex offender only prisons as there are so many of them. It's the fastest growing sector of convictions - they have to go somewhere.

[GrumpyHoonMain]

A long time ago my friend (works for an estate agent) found out that one of her clients was a convicted pedophile & he was in the process of moving to a street close to a school. So she lied and told the vendor he had pulled out when he hadn’t & sold the house to someone else. Apparently he kept asking for properties near schools and I think eventually her company shared this info with all the other estate agents so they were careful.

[Pansypotter123]

Just think of a very large organisation with open plan offices.
The information was verbally heard by and also digitally available to A LOT of people. It's a convicted pedophile.

Unless YOU heard it (aurally not verbally) or saw it, then this is hearsay and is how Chinese whispers get spread. Leave well alone so somebody totally innocent is not targeted and victimised as others have described above.

[RoseRedRoseBlue]

@GrumpyHoonMain wouldn’t that information have been better shared with the Police?

[Allington]

In reality we're probably all living close to a pedophile.

This. Some may have been convicted, I would think the majority are not known to be abusers because they target and groom quite carefully. The ones that have been convicted are monitored, and are probably less of a risk than the ones no-one knows about.

They may be your next door neighbour, they may be a member of your family.

[ConfusedAdultFemale]

I would. Folk round here don’t tolerate dirty little cunts that need castrated. Been two of them run out of town that I know of, community would have ripped them apart if the police hadn’t moved them on.

[Missrabbitisbusy]

For me it would depend on what is in his vicinity. If there are young families next door, absolutely yes let them know. They should be fully aware.

A street full of pensioners in bungalows, not really necessary.

If vigilantes want to beat up a convicted paedophile and are 100% certain it is that person, let them crack on. Our justice system isn't a deterrent so why the hell should they get to live their life in peace after ruining, or contributing to ruining, the lives of innocent kids.

[RoseRedRoseBlue]

@ConfusedAdultFemale what a mature, considered outlook.