 Attention Capitol Hill 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. Megan's 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. In the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 unified sex offender laws across the 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 percent 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 percent 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 residence 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 2,616 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 6, there are 475. Precinct 623 has 78 registered sex offenders. Of those, 71 have felony convictions and 7 have misdemeanor convictions. James L. Wood Oplinger is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 71 years old and was born on July 6, 1949. He's a white male, 6 feet tall, 232 pounds with gray hair and green eyes. He's currently living at 1272 Pennsylvania Street number 2A in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include Girls Athletic Leadership Middle School and High School at 750 Gallopago Street, 5280 High School at 899 Broadway, West Leadership Middle School and High School and West Early College Middle School and High School both at 951 Elotti Street. Contemporary Learning Academy at 200 East 9th Avenue. Downtown Denver Expeditionary at 1860 Lincoln Street. Moray Middle School at 840 East 14th Avenue. Denver Justice High School at 300 East 9th Avenue. DC 21 and Wyman Middle School and High School at 1690 William Street. Emily Griffith High School at 1860 Lincoln Street. Compassion Road Academy at 1000 Cherokee Street. Dora Moore ECE to 8th School at 846 Corona Street. Polaris Elementary at 410 Park Avenue West. John Farley at KW Brill Center at 50 West Fifth Avenue. Parks located within one mile of this offender include Sunken Gardens Park, Benedict Fountain Park, Cheeseman Park Esplanade, Denver Botanic Gardens, McIntosh Park, Zekendorf Plaza Park, Grant Humphries Mansion Park, Pioneer Monument Park, Quality Hill Park, Governor's Park, Park Avenue Parks, Civic Center Park, Cheeseman Park. Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include Route 10, 12th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street, Route 6, 12th Avenue and Grant Street, and 14th Avenue and Grant Street. Routes 00L, 3L, 6, 10, 83D, 83L, and 87L, 13th Avenue and Lincoln Street. Route 6, 15, 15L and 16, Colfax Avenue and Sherman Street. A brief history of charges against this offender attempted sexual assault on a child and sexual assault on a child. He's currently on parole and registered with the Denver Police Department on March 11th 2021 to 1272 Pennsylvania Street number 2A in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver. Past charges against this offender include assault, sexual assault, dangerous drugs, possessed cell, disorderly conduct, DUI, theft, threats, felony menacing. James L. Wood Opplinger has been determined as 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 44 at the time of the first 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 May 3rd 1994 for attempted sexual assault on a child and on February 1st 2002 for 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 victims were both female and under 18 years of age. The offender was known to the victims. 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 Adams County District Courts with positive results determining him to be a sexually violent predator.