According to the complaint, the earliest evidence against Winslow stems from a March 17 incident when he allegedly kidnapped and raped a 54-year-old transient. The other alleged crimes occurred May 13, May 24 and June 1.
There is no indication, however, that SDSO investigators warned the public about that series of sex crimes, all but one of which was violent in nature.
While it’s unknown if the department had any identifying information about the perpetrator, law enforcement routinely sends out warnings and alerts that include a description of the suspect or other information that could help residents protect themselves and generate leads that help the investigation.
An SDSO spokesperson has since last Friday declined to provide any information about what the department knew about those earlier attacks, whether it issued any sort of public alert, and if not, why it chose not to inform the public.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Why didn't Sheriff's Department warn public there was a rapist on the loose in Encinitas?
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Legally no "first responders"(ain't that a great term)are required to respond to any crime or lend assistance in any way. So why would they be bothered to inform the public about a potential rapist in the area??
ReplyDeleteRegistered sex offenders map. What do you want, a notice sent to your home?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.city-data.com/so/so-Encinitas-California.html
Surprisingly, an active, unidentified serial rapist is not the same thing as a registered sex offender.
DeleteThe offender map is frequently out of date, or flat out incorrect. The issue is valid, a warning would have been a good move.
ReplyDeleteIf you heard a warning that a serial rapist was on the loose in Encinitas, what would you do about it?
ReplyDeleteThis is a really good question the public absolutely should have been notified. Would have the public have been notified if the suspect was white? Were they concerned about tourism or intentionally putting the public's safety at risk? Are we just supposed to pretend things like this don't happen here as we get more urban and crowded and we don't have the man power to handle it? Or maybe we do and poor leadership in law enforcement is the problem.
ReplyDeleteThis man is a local but Encinitas must be known among criminals now as a city that doesn't enforce laws. When you have unenforced gross vehicular noise code and window tint violations all over the city you get the "broken window effect" where antisocial behavior causes the crime rate in general to rise.
Another thing I would like to know is why the Sheriff Dept. would send a deputy whose family was personally threatened by a gang member in Vista to go and serve that gang member a warrant. It escalated into a foot chase and fatal shooting of the gang member. Maybe he was a criminal but it was completely unprofessional for the Sheriff Dept. to do this, another deputy who was not personally involved should have been sent. Of course the victim was in fear for his life. Are they just another gang too?