If you watch Bill O'Reilly on the "O'Reilly Factor" you know about Family Watchdog, a website that has taken it upon themselves to catalog all sex offenders nation wide. When you log on to their site, you are presented with a form where you can plug in your location and get a map that details just where these scumbags live. It also helps you to put into perspective where the schools are in relation to their locations. I discovered that although there are no offenders in my immediate neighborhood, there is an apartment complex that I pass every day that seems to have at least 3 different men whose registries indicate violence who are living in that complex.
The Family Watchdog mission statement:
- 90% of all sexual assaults against children are committed by someone whom the victim knew. *
- The typical sexual predator will assault 30 - 60 times before being caught. **
- The re-arrest rate for convicted child molesters is 52%. ***
- We aim to reduce these percentages by ensuring that all sexual predators are known.
This service exists for one reason, and one reason only. The founders are tired of reading stories about missing 9 and 10 year old children killed by registered sex offenders, and decided to do something about it.
We invite you to use our free service to locate registered sex offenders in your area. You just enter an address, and we'll show a map. You can click on the squares that appear, and see photos (where available), addresses, and convictions.
Our notification service is very simple. You specify up to three addresses (not zip codes) that you want to watch and the distance around those addresses. We do the rest. We update our data daily from multiple public data sources. As soon as a convicted sex offender registers an address in your area, we will alert you. It's that easy.
We pray for the day that our service is no longer necessary, and look forward to shutting it down. Until then, let Family Watchdog be your family's best friend.
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