Success Stories

OffenderWatch tracked more than 20,000 relocations last year of registered sex offenders as they change addresses across jurisdictions. Tracking homeless offenders is particularly challenging for law enforcement charged with verifying each sex offender’s address. This spring, a homeless sex offender registered in Oklahoma City, OK, informed Oklahoma City PD of his intention to move to Elko...

The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (WDCI) is the statewide body that oversees more than 2,000 registered sex offenders in the state. Per federal law, every state must report their registered sex offenders to the national sex offender registry (NSOR) through the FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC). “States are required to upload complete sex offender records within 72 hours,...

Citizens are encouraged to submit tips about registered sex offenders through their local law enforcement or state sex offender registry website. OffenderWatch hosts public portals for law enforcement that make it easy for citizens to search for sex offenders in their neighborhood, register for email alerts should an offender move into their neighborhood, and submit tips about sex offenders....

One benefit of being in the OffenderWatch Network is automatically receiving notifications when offenders move in or out of your jurisdiction. However, oftentimes agencies that are not using OffenderWatch do not know when offenders move into their jurisdiction—and thus sex offenders can fly “under-the-radar" for a period of time until communication catches...

While most local law enforcement agencies operate within a single jurisdiction, some operate under much more complex arrangements. This can often create problems for agencies managing registered sex offenders in overlapping jurisdictions.  Consider the Town of Queen Creek Arizona.  Currently, Queen Creek is in the...

On Thursday, July 11, authorities from Shawnee County, Kansas, conducted a historic sweep, resulting in the arrests of eight offenders, most of whom were non-compliant with court-ordered requirements.   With the help of OffenderWatch’s national network of sex offender management tools, over 50 law enforcement, parole and...

In the past, deputies with the Paulding County Ohio Sheriff’s Office walked neighborhoods, passing out flyers about registered sex offenders who had moved into the neighborhood. PCSO met its statutory requirement for community notifications but the task was expensive, time-consuming, and the process exposed the deputies to undue risk.  ...

Without being connected to a national network of sex offender registries, some law enforcement agencies who register sex offenders may not be aware of registered offenders moving into their jurisdiction. However, OffenderWatch automates relocation notifications and record sharing for partners in its network—saving time and potentially saving...

What happens when a registered sex offender moves several times in a year? Many agencies find it difficult to keep track of offenders moving in and out of their jurisdiction numerous times, especially when information about the offender is delayed from the previous agency.   Over the years, a registered offender from Whatcom County, Washington, moved multiple times...

This past spring, Snohomish County, Washington law enforcement placed an officer alert on a registered Level III sex offender within their OffenderWatch registry. Offenders with this level of designation require additional monitoring due to the high risk of re-offending. According to police records, the Level III offender was previously...