(a) Time Limit. Whoever, within five years prior to the effective date of this section, has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, of this State or of any other state, or any other government or county, or who has violated any National or State law relating to the possession, sale or transportation of any narcotic, and who is residing in the City on the effective date of this section or who comes into the City from any point outside the City, whether in transit through the City or otherwise, shall report to the Chief of Police within five days of the effective date or within forty-eight hours after his arrival within the City if coming into the City after the effective date, and shall furnish to the Chief of Police a written statement signed by such person, giving the following information:
(1) His true name and all aliases which he has used or under which he may have been known.
(2) A full and complete description of his person.
(3) The kind, character and nature of each crime of which he has been convicted.
(4) The place where such crime was or crimes were committed and the place of conviction of the same.
(5) The name under which he was convicted in each instance and the date thereof.
(6) The name, if any, and the location of each prison, reformatory, jail or other penal institution in which he was confined or to which he was sentenced.
(7) The location and address of his residence, stopping place, living quarters or place of abode in the City; if he has more than one residence, stopping place or place of abode, that fact must be stated and the location and address of each given.
(8) A statement of the kind of residence, stopping place or place of abode in which he resides, whether the same is temporary or permanent, i.e., whether the same is a private residence, hotel, apartment house or other building or structure.
(9) The length of time he has occupied each such place of residence, stopping place or place of abode and the length of time he expects or intends to remain in the City.
(10) Such other information as the Chief of Police finds reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this section.
(b) Full Parolees Excepted. This section shall not be construed to apply to any person who has received a full pardon for each crime whereof he has been convicted.
(c) Photographs. At the time of furnishing the information required in this section, the person registering shall be photographed by the Chief of Police and the photographs shall be made a part of the permanent record as provided herein.
(d) False Information. No person required by any provision of this section shall furnish any such report, furnish in such report any false or fictitious address, or any address other than a true address or intended address, or furnish in making any such report any false, untrue or misleading information or statement relating to any information required by any provision of this section to be made or furnished.
(e) Records Confidential. The statements herein required shall at all times be kept by the Chief of Police in a file or files separate and apart from other files and records maintained and kept by the Police Department and shall not be open to inspection by the public or by any person other than a regular member of the Police Department.
(f) Records Available to Police Officials. The Chief of Police shall have the authority to transmit copies of records required herein to the sheriff of any county of the State, to the head of any organized police department of any municipality in the State, or to the head of any department of the State engaged in the enforcement of any criminal law of this State, or to the head of any Federal law enforcement agency, or to any sheriff or chief of police of a municipality, or to the head of any other law enforcement agency of any state in any state or territory outside of the State, when request is made in writing by such sheriff or other head of
a law enforcement agency asking for the record of a certain person named therein, and stating that such record is deemed necessary for the use of such law enforcement officer or agency for the investigation of any crime, or any person who is accused of committing a crime, or any crime which is reported to have been committed, and further stating that the record will be used only for such purpose.
(g) Disclosure of Information Illegal. No police officer or employee of the Police Department shall disclose to any person any information contained in a statement required hereunder.
(h) Violation Provision. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 1998-28. Passed 5-14-98.)