 Attention Barnum 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. Time 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. Guided 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 2,613 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 4, there are 485. Precinct 411 has 94 registered sex offenders. Of those, 59 have felony convictions and 35 have misdemeanor convictions. Joseph J. Halliday is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 28 years old and was born on March 17, 1993. He's a white male, 6 feet 5 inches tall, 236 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He's currently living at 236 South Julian Street in the Barnum neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include NAP Elementary at 500 South Utica Street, Barnum Elementary at 85 Hooker Street, Kepner Beacon Middle School, Strive Prep Kepner and Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest all at 9-1-1 South Hazel Court, Castro Elementary at 845 South Lowell Boulevard, Florence Crittenden High School at 55 South Zuni Street, Monroe Elementary at 3440 West Virginia Avenue, Kip Sunshine Peak Elementary at 3400 West Nevada Place, Savio House at 325 North King Street. Schools located within one mile of this offender include Westwood Rec Center Grounds, Drilling Park, Quatro Vientos Four Winds Park, Weirgolds Park North and South, Westwood Park, Barnum East Park, Bryan and Ellsworth Park, Sandos Park, Tennessee Utility Easement, Huston Lake Park, Kentuckian Irving Park, Kentuckian Knox Park, Barnum Park, Ford Place Park, West Barbell Wood Park. Barnum Rec Center's located within one mile of this offender include Barnum Rec Center at 360 Hooker Street. Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include Route 3 West Alameda and South Knox Court, Route 4 Morrison Road and West Nevada Place. A brief history of charges against this offender attempted sexual assault on a child and sexual exploitation of a child, induce and tice. He's currently on parole and registered with the Denver Police Department on February 4th, 2021 to 236 South Julian Street in the Barnum neighborhood of Denver. Past charges against this offender include sexual battery, lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14, stalking, burglary, parole violation, petty theft, disorderly conduct, contempt of court, grand theft from a person. Joseph J. Halliday 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 20 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 August 13, 2013 for attempted sexual assault on a child and sexual exploitation of a child and deuce and tice. 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 Boulder County Courts with positive results, determining him to be a sexually violent predator.