 Attention five points residents. This is a community notification of a new sexually violent predator in your area. Please stay tuned to the following short program for more information. Hi I'm technician Ron Hackett with the Denver Police Department. The sex offender registration and compliance unit at DPD is responsible for the registration monitoring and tracking of all registered sex offenders and sexually violent predators who live in the city and county of Denver. Here's a brief history of sex offender legislation in Colorado. Our state laws trickle down from federal government mandates. In 1994 we had the Jacob Wetterling Act which mandated that states would establish a sex offender list. Magans law of 1996 said that the public would have access to those sex offender registration lists. The Pam Litchner Act of 1996 stated that some offenders might have to have lifetime registrations and the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 unified sex offender laws across a country. In Colorado the legislature has determined that sexually violent predators by definition pose a higher risk to the community at large and therefore mandated that upon their release from the Department of Corrections the community must be notified. Sex offender notification in Colorado happens in two ways. The first is passive and ongoing through the sex offender registration process which is a list maintained by local police departments. The second way is active via community notification for those offenders determined to be sexually violent predators by the courts or by the parole board. Most sex offenders in Colorado are supervised by the criminal justice system in our communities. Most sex offenders engage in crossover behavior which means they may have been arrested for one type of crime but be apt to commit another. Many sex offenders have no criminal history at all prior to their arrest. There is no typical sex offender but all tend to be deceptive, manipulative and secretive. 80 to 93% of sex offenses are committed by someone known to the victim. Sexual deviancy begins in mid to late adolescence. Sex offenses are not impulsive. They are usually carefully planned and most sex offenders are male. The community has a vested interest in helping offenders to be successfully managed in the community. Sex offenders have the same need for housing and employment as any other citizen. Any citizen who uses sex offender information to harass, threaten or intimidate an offender will be subject to criminal prosecution. There are approximately 16,500 registered sex offenders in the state of Colorado. About 65% of convicted sex offenders are placed in the community on probation. The remainder are in the Department of Corrections or Community Corrections. Offenders may be caught for one type of offense but be at a high risk to commit another type. Crime of conviction is only one indicator of risk. A sexually violent predator must register with the Denver Police Department Sex Offender Registration Unit every three months for the rest of their life. The offender's residents must be verified quarterly by the Denver Police Department. The full sex offender registration list is available by calling the Denver Police Department Identification Bureau at 720-913-6756. Convicted felons and those with multiple convictions are posted online at denvergov.org slash police. Remember, sexually violent predators do not represent all dangerous sex offenders. The community notification process and sex offender registration are not a complete deterrent to sexual assault. Now, here's a look at the newest sexually violent predator living in Denver. Here's an overview of the registered sex offenders currently living in Denver. There are 2,379 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 6, there are 454. Precinct 612 has 157 registered sex offenders. Of those, 108 have felony convictions and 49 have misdemeanor convictions. Kerry Fitzgerald Whitfield is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 52 years old and was born on April 9, 1964. He's a black male 5 feet 11 inches tall, 280 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He's currently a transient living in the 1900 block of 29th Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include University Prep School at 2409 Arapaho Street, Gilliam School at 2844 Downing Street, Coal Arts and Science Academy at 3240 Humboldt Street, Coal Middle School at 1350 East 33rd Avenue, Garden Place Academy at 4425 Lincoln Street, Gilpin Montessori at 2949 California Street, Annunciation Catholic School at 3536 Lafayette Street. Parks located within one mile of this offender include Globeville Landing Park, Curtis Park, Morrison Park, Williams Park, Siancio Park, Columbus Park, Franco Park, Community Plaza Park, Highland Gateway Park, Lawson Park, Cuernavaca Park, Stout Street Children's Park, Miastas Park, Commons Park, St. Patrick's Neighborhood Park, St. Charles Place Park, Quick Park. Recreation centers located within one mile of this offender include Globeville Rec Center at 4496 Grant Street, St. Charles Rec Center at 3777 Lafayette Street, Glenarm Rec Center at 2800 Glenarm Place, 20th Street Rec Center at 1011 20th Street. Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include Route 48 Broadway and Lawrence, Route 12 64th in Washington, Route 44 44th in Kipling. A brief history of charges against this offender attempted sexual assault on a child. He's not currently on parole or probation and registered with the Denver Police Department on February 2nd 2017 as a transient living in the 1900 block of 29th Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Past charges against this offender include attempted sexual assault on a child, third degree assault, felony menacing, theft, false reporting, drug possession, failure to register as a sex offender. Cary Fitzgerald Whitfield has been determined a sexually violent predator after meeting the following criteria. Criteria 1 age 18 or older on the date of the offense or under 18 and tried as an adult. The offender was age 40 at the time of the offense. Criteria 2 the crime must have been committed honor after July 1st 1997 and convicted honor after July 1st 1999. Crimes include sexual assault, felony unlawful sexual contact, sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. The offender was convicted on October 12th 2004 for attempted sexual assault on a child. Criteria 3 the relationship to the victim was one of the following. Victim was a stranger to the offender or the offender established or promoted a relationship with the victim primarily for the purpose of sexual victimization. The victim was a 12 year old female. The offender was known to the victim. Criteria 4 positive results are the passing of a risk assessment instrument administered by probation parole staff and a qualified treatment evaluator. Positive results include an assessment for the presence of a mental abnormality, a level of denial regarding the offense, treatment appropriateness and motivation, presence of sexual deviant interests. The offender was evaluated by the Colorado State Board of Parole with positive results determining him to be a sexually violent predator.