 Attention West Colfax 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. 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 department. 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 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 2,398 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 1, there are 248. Precinct 122 has 67 registered sex offenders. Of those, 49 have felony convictions and 18 have misdemeanor convictions. James William Dehaven is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 65 years old and was born on November 11, 1957. He's a white male five feet ten inches tall, 162 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He's currently living as a transient near 14th Avenue and Knox Court in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include Colfax Elementary at 1526 North Tennyson Street, Cheltenham Elementary at 1580 North Julian Street, Lake Middle School at 1820 North Lowell Boulevard, Cal Elementary at 4540 West 10th Avenue, Eagleton Elementary at 880 North Hooker Street, Yeshiva Torres Heim at 1555 North Stewart Street, Esquela de Guadalupe at 660 North Julian Street. Parks located within one mile of this offender include Rood Park, Slones Lake Park, Hallock Park, Platte River Eelich Gardens, Martinez Park, Weir Gulch Marina Park, Barnum Park, Sanchez Park, Lakewood Dry Gulch Park, Lower Lakewood Gulch, Sandos Park, Gates Crescent Park, Jefferson Park. Recreation centers located within one mile of this offender include Rood Rec Center at 2855 West Holden Place. Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include Route 16 West Colfax Avenue and Mead Street, West Colfax Avenue and King Street, West Colfax Avenue and Knox Court, West Colfax Avenue and Irving Street. Routes 1 and 16 West 14th Avenue and Irving Street. Route 1 West 14th Avenue and Julian Street, West 14th Avenue and Java Court, RTD Knox Station. A brief history of charges against this offender, sexual assault on a child, position of trust, pattern of abuse. He's not currently on parole or probation and registered with the Denver Police Department on August 8, 2023 as a transient living near 14th Avenue and Knox Court in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver. Pass charges against this offender include sexual assault on a child, position of trust, pattern of abuse, incest with a minor, child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, third degree assault, weapons charges, narcotic charges, trespass. James William Dehaven 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 34 at the time of the offense. Criteria 2, the crime must have been committed honor after July 1, 1997 and convicted honor after July 1, 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 19, 2006 for sexual assault on a child, position of trust, pattern of abuse. 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 15-year-old juvenile female victim was known to the offender. Criteria 4, positive results or 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 Jefferson County courts with positive results, determining him to be a sexually violent predator.