Minnesota Predatory Offender Registry Archives

Bettison testified on March 22, 2024 before the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee regarding needed changes to the Minnesota Predatory Offender Registry.

Bettison Testifies before Senate Committee Regarding Predatory Offender Registry

Bettison recently testified in support of legislation designed to appropriately scale back Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registry and it’s impact on those people required to registry. Bettison has been a long-time Read More

Posted 03-25-2024

Bettison Quoted in Star Tribune on Predatory Registry Reform

The kidnapping of Jacob Wetterling in 1989 was what led to the creation of Minnesota’s first sex offender registry. Initially, the state’s sex offender registry was a private list to Read More

Posted 03-30-2021

Predatory Offender Registry — Minnesota Considers Effectiveness

In August 2019, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety held its first Criminal Sexual Conduct Statutory Reform Working Group. Enabled by the Minnesota Legislature to consider what reforms, if any, Read More

Posted 04-03-2020

Bettison: Is Minnesota’s Sex Offender Registry Helping or Hurting?

Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registry was first passed in 1991. It was intended to assist law enforcement in quickly locating and clearing suspects in child predator and kidnapping cases. 28 years Read More

March, 2024