According to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, there are approximately 503 registered sex offenders in Niagara County.
The office is encouraging resident to review the NCSO website to see if any offenders live around them. The mapping and address feature pinpoints where an offender lives, and allows residents to sign up for automatic email alerts should an offender move nearby any address they register.
“The benefit of registering for this confidential e-mail alert service allows us to monitor your important addresses for you, thereby keeping you up-to-date of newly registered offenders and making it unnecessary for you to have to check your important addresses daily or even weekly,” said Niagara County Sheriff Jim Voutour. “You can register any and all of the addresses where your children spend a lot of time — for example: friends, grandparents, or babysitters’ addresses.” The alerts are in real-time and sent out via e-mail as soon as a new offender has registered with NCSO.
People can visit NiagaraSheriff.com, click on the link “locate registered sex offenders” and follow the instructions to check their neighborhood and sign up for e-mail alerts. The Sheriff’s Office suggests people also check out their safety tips.
For more information, please call the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Joseph Flagler, at (716) 438-3314 or (716) 930-1041.
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