NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Department of Correction is making sure kids are in good company this Halloween.
Operation Blackout is when the department imposes additional rules on sex offenders so families and children can be out in the community for Halloween festivities without having to worry about a possible crime taking place.
For Halloween, sex offenders under TDOC supervision need to be in their homes by 6 p.m. They can't pass out candy, display Halloween decorations or have porch lights on.
They also cannot attend Halloween functions like a harvest festival. Correction workers usually make in-person visits with sex offenders to tell them about these rules, but this year many check-ins were virtual.
Those conversations tend to do the trick, but last Halloween we know there was at least one violation in Clarksville for contact with a minor.
You can always check to see if a sex offender lives along your trick or treat route.
