The Plympton Police Department has provided the following links for the convenience of our residents. Feel free to explore the different areas to familiarize yourselves with the laws concerning sex offenders.
Any areas of concern or if additional information is necessary please contact the department. See our Department Directory page.
What is a Sex Offender?
A sex offender is any person who resides, works or attends an institution of higher learning in the Commonwealth and who has been convicted of a sex offense, or who has been adjudicated as a youthful offender or as a delinquent juvenile by reason of a sex offense, or a person released from incarceration or parole or probation supervision or custody with the Department of Youth Services for such a conviction or adjudication, or a person who has been adjudicated a sexually dangerous person or a person released from civil commitment on or after August 1, 1981.
For a listing of crimes that require registration as a sex offender please visit our Who Has to register page.
Sex offenders will be classified according to the degree of dangerousness they pose to the public and their likelihood for re-offense. An offender’s classification will be:
- a Level 1 or “low risk” offender,
- a Level 2 or “moderate risk” offender, or
- a Level 3 or “high risk” offender.