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A veteran sex crimes detective is “baffled” why notorious transgender serial pedophile Madilyn Harks wasn’t hammered with a dangerous offender tag.

Harks — formerly Matthew Harks — is suspected of having upwards of 60 victims, with around 200 offences tacked on.

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Now, she is living in a halfway house in downtown Brampton.

On Friday, Peel Regional Police took the step of releasing a photo of the 36-year-old serial offender with a warning to parents.

For the convicted molester, jail has been on the installment plan. Every time she has been caged, the parole board has ridden to her rescue.

But why is Harks back on the streets?

“Why was this person not done up as a dangerous offender,” Keith Daniels told the Toronto Sun from his Florida home.

“If a case as abhorrent as this came across my desk, I can assure you that I would have insisted on a dangerous offender application by the Crown,” he said. “Their lack of interest is negligence and deplorable.