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The Fremont Police Department and Megan's Law A brief history... 1995, a convicted child molester was arrested for the murder and rape of 7 year-old Megan Kanka in a New Jersey suburb. The offender lived right across the street from the Kanka residence, however the Police Department was prohibited from disclosing the presence of this child molester because at the time the law did not allow the release of sex offender information to the public. The law was changed to permit the release of this information to the public and on May 8, 1996, President Clinton signed the law, dubbed "Megan's Law" in remembrance of little Megan Kanka. The California State Legislature signed California's version of Megan's Law into effect on September 25, 1996. This law was implemented to allow potential victims to protect themselves and allow parents to protect their children.
The Fremont Police Department is committed to keeping children safe and parents informed about sexual offenders living near them. In 1997, the Fremont Police Department in conjunction with the Fremont Unified School District and State and Private Schools initiated a plan to provide parents with maps showing the locations of sexual offenders living within a one mile radius of their child's school. As a result of this step, The Fremont Police Department was proud to have been a semi-finalist in the 1999 Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement Program of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). At this time, because of the growing interest in our nation, our community may search the State of California Sexual Offender Data Base for sexual offenders that may live in or near their neighborhood. If you are unable to search this data base from your own computer or do not have a home computer, you may come to the Fremont Police Department and view the data base. The hours to view for the public are from 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday - Friday, and Sundays from 8:00am to 1:00pm in the Police Department lobby, located at 2000 Stevenson Blvd. You may also go to the public Library and use their computers for the public. To obtain specific information as to past offenses and a picture of a particular offender, it is necessary to make an appointment with the Sex Registrant Detective at the department. This issue is of such great importance to the Police Department that one Detective from the Crimes Against Persons Unit has been dedicated to exclusively do registrations and prosecutions of sex registrants in Fremont. Detective Chad Bosques is responsible for registering the offenders and doing public disclosures. He can be contacted at (510) 790-6927, or emailed at cbosques@ci.fremont.ca.us. Additional Information:
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