Home About Mission Agenda Policy Advisory Board Grassroots Advisory Board Link to PROTECT Contact Us Campaigns Current Campaigns Success Stories Tools Newswire Articles Videos Lobbying 101 Supporters Join/Donate T-Shirts California Arnold Schwarzenegger's Sex Offender Task Force In 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger created a Task Force on "High-Risk Sex Offenders" released into California communities on parole. Why won't he watch sex offenders on parole? Governor's Task Force Report (August, 2006) PROTECT's Response: "Majority Report" (August, 2006) (PDF) PROTECT's Letter to the Governor's Task Force (July, 2006) (PDF) Grassroots Tools Search the California Sex Offender Registry Who is My Elected Official? California Success Stories The California Circle of Trust Campaign From 1981-2005, California law allowed tens of thousands of child predators to avoid prison... if their victims were children under their own roof. State law also encouraged child victims to participate in therapy with their sexual abusers. PROTECT built what one senator called "a vast coalition... that is the largest and most diverse that I have seen in my eleven years in the Legislature." And we won! Circle of Trust Campaign: Complete Archive 12 Essays on the Circle of Trust Victory Video: Victims Speak Out (April, 2005) Alison Arngrim Speaks Out: Senate Testimony (April, 2004) "How a Sex Offender Lobby Made Law"   CA News Wire 0 1 2 prev next Our old friends in California are back at it Tuesday, 31 August 2010 Not many people have the guts to sue a governor, particularly one named Arnold Schwarzenegger. Even fewer is the list of organizations who would (most ... Read more Registered Sex Offender cuts off GPS monitor Wednesday, 11 August 2010 Convicted of rape in 2004, a registered sex offender ran free for over two weeks after cutting off his GPS monitor. Parole officers are alerted ... Read more States should invest in "real safety" Tuesday, 6 July 2010 California has agreed to pay a $20 million "settlement" to Jaycee Dugard, the girl who was abducted in 1991, held captive in a California parolee's ... Read more New Spokesperson for San Francisco's Children Wednesday, 9 June 2010 Long-time PROTECT supporter and journalist, Trey Bundy has a new weekly column on the Bay Citizen news site about child welfare in San Francisco, File Un... Read more 169 Searches, 48 in Tracy! Thursday, 22 October 2009 In the aftermath of the Sandra Cantu murder in Tracy, California, PROTECT called for action against 60 identified child pornography traffickers in the small city. ... Read more Polanski's crime Tuesday, 29 September 2009 Fugitive film director Roman Polanski is in a Swiss jail after 31 years on the run for raping a 13-year old California ... Read more How Garrido happened Monday, 28 September 2009 Sunday's New York Times takes a look at California's parole supervision of sex offenders. PROTECT already took a hard look. We warned Gov. Arnold Sc... Read more County cutting 55 child welfare jobs Tuesday, 18 August 2009 Tulare County, California says it "will eliminate 55 jobs in its Child Welfare Services division because of a $2 million cut in state funds," reports ... Read more Retired judge goes to bat for predator friend Monday, 15 June 2009 A retired California judge has succeeded in getting his friend a sweetheart sentence for soliciting children online and possessing images of children being sexually ... Read more National News Wire 0 1 2 prev next Re-defining "Homeland Security" Tuesday, 7 September 2010 When you hear the term "Homeland Security" the obvious threats come to mind. But what if "Homeland Security" was re-defined to include children? That's exactly what ... Read more What makes better outcomes for abused children? Friday, 3 September 2010 For decades the debate has been waged over "children falling through the cracks," "permanency" and "safe and stable homes." Federal and state policies, and hundreds ... Read more PROTECT on Capitol Hill, second big federal child Monday, 30 August 2010 PROTECT is on Capitol Hill this week rounding up allies for our second big federal child protection initiative. Last week, ICE agents busted hundreds of illegal ... Read more England man using Facebook to distribute child por Monday, 30 August 2010 A West Sussex, England man admitted to making, possessing and distributing child pornography. He used 11 different Facebook accounts to distribute images and videos. He ... Read more Child Rescues & Investigations, August 2010 Wednesday, 25 August 2010 Child Rescues & Investigations, August 2010 Note: The following cases are just a sampling of child rescue cases this month. In most cases, PROTECT does not ... Read more PROTECT's director, Grier Weeks' Twitter posts abo Monday, 2 August 2010 Our director, Grier Weeks, posting on Monday's Justice Department press conference on Twitter. Here are the most recent: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @GrierPROTECT: National Strategy ... Read more PROTECT at National Conference of State Legislatur Tuesday, 27 July 2010 PROTECT is in Louisville, Kentucky this week at The National Conference of State Legislatures' annual legislative summit launching our new Alicia's Law initiative. Alicia Kozakiewicz staffing the ... Read more The Roman Polanski ruling and his apologists Wednesday, 14 July 2010 Switzerland will not extradite Roman Polanski, even though Polanski pleaded guilty to a crime against a 13-year-old before fleeing the U.S.  All restrictions and home ... Read more DOJ to A.G.'s: 200 new child abuse images a day Monday, 21 June 2010 The U.S. Department of Justice estimates there are 200 new child abuse images and videos put on the Internet a day, and says it has ... Read more What the Passage of the Circle of Trust Bill Means 12 Essays in Celebration of Victory... You're not likely to see it on the evening news. It might not even make it into your daily paper. Nevertheless, the passage of the California Circle of Trust bill is a landmark event, potentially affecting far more children, all across America, than the ... Read more Child Exploitation in California The explosion of child pornography trafficking and online luring has put millions of California children in danger. Sen. Jim Battin's War on Child Predators bill -- sponsored by PROTECT -- would give law enforcement desperately-needed resources to rescue children and stop known ... Read more

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