A town in Georgia has announced its plans to round up all of the pedophiles currently on probation and make them spend the night in City Hall on Halloween to keep children safe while they are trick or treating.

There are between 25 and 30 pedophiles who are still on probation in Grovetown, Georgia.

Next Wednesday, they will be taken to City Hall where they will be supervised between 6pm and 9pm by a group of police officers. They will then be allowed to return to their homes.

Between 25 and 30 pedophiles will be put in Grovetown's city hall on Wednesday night between 6pm and 9pm to keep children safe while they trick or treat

Mayor Gary E. Jones announced the plan on Facebook and said it was a 'precautionary measure' to ensure the safety of the children.

Mayor Gary Jones announced the plan on Monday

'In order to ensure the safety of our children, all sex offenders (on Probation) in the City of Grovetown (area) will be housed in the Council Chambers on Halloween night from 6pm-9pm.

'There are approx. 25-30 offenders and they will be overseen by the GA Dept. of Community Supervision District 10 (4 officers) and accompanied by one Grovetown Officer,' he said.

The message sparked confusion from his followers who were unclear if he would personally go door-to-door finding them.

He followed up with another message to clarify, writing: 'Friends I am not personally going to pick up, round up, call or going to any sex offender’s home.

'This is a joint effort with GA Community Probation Services.

'They are the one’s with the authority under Special Conditions to require that offenders report.

'The reporting location is Grovetown City Hall.

'This is legal..... good grief!'

Grovetown has a population of around 14,000.