Due to the mistakes made by Florida DMV employees, one of the worst imaginable, on a woman's drivers license and a blind mans I.D accidentally marking them both as "Sexual Predators" and causing embarrassment, humiliation, basically the "Scarlet Letter" to both, the state has now made a policy change.
ANY drivers license or I.D card transaction (change of address, renewal, etc.) for registrants will be by appointment only.
Two employees per county (Larger counties may be more) will be trained to handle all changes to registrants drivers license and identification cards.
The policy is effective 10/1/15. Counties are behind so please contact your county sheriff's office for implementation and online location for appointment set up.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/06/10/371081.htm
Florida DMV Changes Drivers’ License Process to Prevent Sex Offender Error
By Mike Schneider | June 10, 2015
The Florida agency that issues driver’s licenses has changed how clerks enter information into the computer system after two people were given licenses that wrongly labeled them sex offenders or predators.
An agency spokesman on Monday provided The Associated Press with a memo outlining the changes, which were implemented three weeks ago.
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Under the changes, the drop-down box checked for sexual offenders has been moved away from other boxes that are checked if the driver wants to donate an organ or is dependent on insulin.
Additionally, if the sexual offender or predator box is checked, a window pops up asking, “Is this correct?”
The family of a Jacksonville man whose license was mislabeled reached a $20,000 settlement after he died.
A Lake County woman also has threatened a lawsuit.
