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Sex Offender Registry Monitoring Software

OffenderWatch® is the nation’s leading sex offender registry (SOR) monitoring and community notification network.

Become an agent for change

The OffenderWatch® Network

More than 4,000 local, tribal, state, and federal agencies entrust their sex offender registry monitoring to OffenderWatch®. Reach out to our team to discover how you can be an advocate to ensure all the children in your jurisdiction are protected by the nation’s most comprehensive and reliable SOR monitoring software.

View Registry Network

quantifying the Network

Use Statistics

15K+

Users

500K+

Sex offender records shared

4K+

Law enforcement agencies

600K+

Offender records

5MM+

Community notification postcards mailed annually

SOLutions for all Agencies

OffenderWatch® Works at Every Level

By facilitating interagency communication, providing automated notifications, and instantly updating applicable databases, OffenderWatch® allows local agencies to do more with fewer resources. Flexible pricing provides solutions to remove financial barriers to entry for agencies on a limited budget. Our dedicated customer success team ensures that implementation and training is fast, easy, and intuitive so that your agency's transition to a new system is smooth and seamless.

Numerous adjustable configuration settings allow state agencies to determine their own degree of integration, implement the ideal SOR monitoring solution for their needs, and maintain compliance with all components of the Adam Walsh Act. The OffenderWatch® team will assist in obtaining grant-based funding to make statewide implementation streamlined, attainable, and fully sustainable for every agency involved. Direct NCIC integration capability enables automatic detection and correction of errors before NSOR records are submitted.

For more than two decades, tribal law enforcement agencies have counted on OffenderWatch® to provide a more powerful, functional, and versatile sex offender registry software platform at a fraction of the cost. All data is securely maintained, readily available to authorized users as determined by tribal authorities, and remains the sole property of each individual tribe. OffenderWatch® also streamlines communications between tribal law enforcement and thousands of external agencies.

The OffenderWatch® Network supports a variety of capabilities for federal agencies by utilizing technology that allows law enforcement agencies across the nation to instantly connect with over 15,000 unique users in order to share offender data, update records across a common database, and collaborate on investigations with ease.

International agencies can utilize one scalable, customizable resource to access a unified sex offender record across any jurisdiction or territory in accordance with their country's laws, allowing access to a more cohesive system for sharing data among local, provincial, federal, and other international law enforcement authorities.

Tribes

OffenderWatch® offers tribal authorities a more powerful, functional, and versatile sex offender registry software platform at a fraction of the cost.

International Agencies

International agencies can utilize one scalable, customizable resource to access a unified sex offender record across any jurisdiction or territory in accordance with their country's laws.

Federal Agencies

As the most comprehensive SOR database available, OffenderWatch® facilitates the operation of a nationwide sex offender registry that truly supports the diversity of the demand.

State Agencies

Numerous adjustable configuration settings allow state agencies to determine their own degree of integration and implement the ideal SOR monitoring solution for their needs.

Local Agencies

By facilitating interagency communication, providing automated notifications, and instantly updating applicable databases, OffenderWatch® allows local agencies to do more with fewer resources.

Setting the bar for an entire industry

Benefits of OffenderWatch®

OffenderWatch® maintains the most comprehensive offender database available and provides a secure hosted environment for agencies to collaborate between jurisdictions, share a common record, and automatically update the public to ensure better efficiency, accuracy, and compliance in SOR management. The OffenderWatch® family of products is designed to meet any agency's needs with sex offender registry monitoring tools that are configurable for any statutory environment.

OffenderWatch® syncing data profiles between computers

a system you can trust

Secure Technology

OffenderWatch® utilizes Nlets hosting services to ensure that your data is stored within a facility that maintains full Criminal Justice Information Systems compliance and round-the-clock connectivity to every state and federal law enforcement entity, including the FBI CJIS Division. As one of the most established and trusted hosting systems in the nation, Nlets provides unparalleled security and reliability by supporting state-of-the-art, robust, and highly-scalable technical infrastructure with numerous redundant systems, onsite expertise, and sophisticated monitoring hardware. The OffenderWatch® family of products also conforms to SSAE 18 and SOC 2 protocols to further safeguard the integrity of your records.

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A more valuable approach

Efficiency Gains

OffenderWatch® helps ensure compliance, streamlines processes, and reduces IT costs, all while protecting the public with accurate, timely, and complete information. Joining the OffenderWatch® national network of registering agencies saves over 9 man-hours per offender annually on average by eliminating paper waste, reducing data entry, improving accuracy and timeliness, and facilitating better compliance.

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OffenderWatch® WORKS IN ALL FIFTY STATES

Compliance with Sex Offender Registry Laws

With over 500 configurable, user-requested fields and feature sets, OffenderWatch® software solutions can effectively address the needs of law enforcement agencies in any statutory environment. Our team relies on continual feedback from the administrators and staff who are tasked with sex offender monitoring and best understand their agency's needs, and we utilize that valuable input to continually refine reporting tools, provide frequent platform upgrades, and facilitate access to the most up-to-date technological resources, including GIS-based mapping systems and direct NCIC integration capability, at no additional cost.

REal talk for real-world situations

Success Stories

Over 15,000 users from more than 4,000 law enforcement agencies are already using OffenderWatch® to save time and resources on SOR monitoring. Hear from your colleagues in their own words about the obstacles they encountered in their sex offender registry management and compliance processes, and how OffenderWatch® helped them find the most reliable, seamless, and cost-effective software solutions available to transform their operations and restore public trust.

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National Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Public Service of Sex Offender Registry Management logo

honoring excellence in Sor management

Community Awards

Maintaining accurate, timely, and thorough sex offender registry records requires extensive time and attention. OffenderWatch® recognizes personnel who are tasked with SOR monitoring for their outstanding efforts in ensuring that dangerous offenders are adhering to the law so that the most vulnerable members of their community can stay informed, aware, and safe, no matter what circumstances or unanticipated events may arise.

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Upcoming Events

The OffenderWatch® team supports our law enforcement partners and community members as we all work toward a shared mission to prevent the unthinkable, and we welcome the opportunity to meet with you face-to-face. View our event calendar to see where OffenderWatch® will be next.

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