SEX OFFENDER MONITORING TOUTED        

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rnrnSuffolk County officials yesterday touted the record of their nearly 2 year oldrnprogram for monitoring convicted sex offenders, saying it had reduced recidivism. Thernofficial’s remarks came less than two weeks after the state Court of Appeals struck down arnNassau County law prohibiting level 1 sex offenders, considered the least likely to reoffend, fromrnliving within 1,000 feet of a school. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the ruling willrnhave minimal impact because of the work of Parents for Megan’s Law, a Ronkonkoma-basedrnnonprofit that monitors the behavior of sex offenders and sends out alerts to the public when theyrnmove into a neighborhood. Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law,rncredited monitoring of offenders’ online communications and of where they live and work, withrnreducing recidivism. The program has exceeded even our own expectations, said Ahearn, who plansrnto begin a similar program in Nassau later this year.rnrn

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