THE SHIELD ACT

The SHIELD Act — Safe Homes and Institutions Ensuring Limits for Dangerous Offenders

Mandatory Residency Restrictions for Child Sex Offenders

Wisconsin has no statewide law preventing convicted child sex offenders from living next door to a school. Once their supervision ends, they can live wherever they want — unless the local municipality has passed its own ordinance. That means protection for children varies wildly from one community to the next, and many communities — including in the Fox Valley — appear to have no protection at all.

That is unacceptable.

Reive will push for a statewide mandatory minimum residency restriction barring anyone convicted of a sexual offense against a child from residing within 1,500 feet of any school, daycare, playground, or youth center — regardless of whether they were civilly committed, and regardless of whether their supervision has ended.

One standard. Statewide. No exceptions.