District Manager Nicole Mitchell announces the Natchitoches District Probation and Parole Office will hold a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, October 31 for all convicted sex offenders under supervision with the Natchitoches District of Probation and Parole that we are residing in the areas of Natchitoches, DeSoto, Sabine, Red River, and Winn parishes.
The event will be held at the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Community Service Division Office at 726 Third St., Natchitoches from 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., which is considered peak trick or treating hours. The aim is to keep all sex offenders, especially those under the supervision of the local state probation and parole office, from any contact with children on Halloween night. Officers will update official records, inform the local sex offenders of any new and/or revised laws, and will review compliance issues with them. The offenders will be under close observation by officers with the Office of Probation and Parole. Offenders will not be left unattended. Only those sex offenders who have a valid and verified reason for not attending the meeting, such as employment or a medical emergency, may be excused, but they must not have any contact with children on that evening.
The event has been authorized by Natchitoches District Probation and Parole Manager Nicole Mitchell. The meeting will be conducted by Supervisor and District Sex Offender Coordinator Sederick Smith and officers with probation and parole.
The attendance requirement at the meeting only applies to those sexual offenders who are under the supervision of State Parole and Probation. However, an invitation has been extended to sex offenders currently residing in the five-parish area that are not currently under formal mandated supervision at this time. Those offenders currently not under supervision may benefit from attendance at the meeting in an effort to avoid accusations of misconduct during trick or treating hours and the ability to acquire updates on new laws and revisions. Last year’s meeting was extremely successful in terms of both attendance and review of compliance issues.
For more information, please contact the Natchitoches District Office of Probation and Parole at 318-357-3139.