A Concern for Safety by Jim VanErmen ABR CRS

Alabama's Criminal Sex Offenders Registration

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Alabama Department of Public Safety maintains the List of Registered Sex Offenders which can be accessed by zip code,  or county and a list  of criminal sex offenders with no known addresses.  They also maintain a Missing and Exploited Children list. Nationally the United States Department of Justice maintains a National Sex Offenders Registration List.  Their site includes information which is accessible on the individual state sites. A link to the DoJ website and the individual state web sites is maintained on the FBI Crimes against Children National/State Sex Offender Registry. A list of individual state laws and definitions of state terms  can be found on the web site of Family WatchDog (see below). A national registry of all law enforcement agencies listed by their location: USACOPS

Family WatchDog Is a site with mapping capability to locate offenders when provided an address.  As a free site they are to be commended for their efforts in this project.  For a small fee they will provide alerts for 3 addresses when an offender moves close to the addresses provided.  When a map is provided it will included colored boxes representing location and offender status.  By clicking the box an address and picture of the offender is provided. Family WatchDog provides the following statistics: 1 of 5 girls will be sexually molested before her 18th birthday. 1 of 6 boys will be sexually molested before his 18th birthday. The typical sexual predator will assault 117 times before being caught. The re-arrest rate for convicted child molesters is 52%. The Safe Side Website John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted and Julie Clark, creator of Baby Einstein are promoting a FREE "Stranger Safety Home Guide" (pdf file 3mb), "Everything you need to have an awesome family discussion with your kids about safety!" and the Safe Side award winning instruction DVD's  [Store and price list] Amber Alert From the Department of Justice Web Site:   "The AMBER Alert™ Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child." Active Amber Alerts

Online Crime reports and statistics Montgomeryadvertiser.com  is the website of the Montgomery Advertiser and provides online access to local area crime reports. Autauga and Elmore County Crime Reports Montgomery Crime Reports Search AND Map of Montgomery Homicides since January 2007 Information provided by the City of Montgomery Crime statistics,  Daily Reports,  and Annual Reports Quarterly Newsletter Information from the Montgomery County Sheriff Sheriff's Web Site Listen in on their radio traffic