STATE OF CONNECTICUT Department of Public Safety 1111 Country Club Road Middletown, Connecticut 06457 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2011 |
The Connecticut State Police report that the Sex Offender Registry Unit completed the registrations on 339 new registered sex offenders during the 2010 calendar year, bringing the total number of sex offenders in Connecticut at the end of the 2010 calendar year to 5,231. These 5,231 registered sex offenders are living, working or attending schools in Connecticut.
In 2010, 188 registrants completed their ten year registration term and were removed from the Registry after investigations were completed to verify that they met all of the requirements to be removed from the Registry.
Persons required to register under Connecticut's sex offender registry laws must verify their address every 90 days. The registrants have 10 days to return an address verification form to the Sex Offender Registry or face arrest for a class "D" felony. There are currently 652 registrants who are non-compliant with their registry requirements. The Sex Offender Registry updated the photos of 1,056 registrants during 2010. The Sex Offender Registry conducted 3,224 Superintendent of Schools notifications of address changes by registered sex offenders in 2010.
In 2010 there were 1263 investigations by the Sex Offender Registry Unit on registrants who have violated their registry requirements. These investigations were forwarded to the local law enforcement agencies where the registrants last reported residing. The local law enforcement agencies utilize these investigative reports to obtain the arrest warrants.
The Connecticut Sex Offender Registry website had 509,898 hits on registered sex offenders living, working, or attending schools in the state in 2010. Information can be searched on the website by last name, town, zip code, or by viewing an entire list of registrants. The information is provided free of charge and persons making inquiries do not have to identify themselves. A list of the current number of registered sex offenders in each local jurisdiction is listed below. Additionally, in October 2009 the Sex Offender Registry launched its new public website. The new website provides the public with mapping features of each registrant. There is an email alert feature available to the public to be alerted whenever a registrant moves into a designated radius of an address. Since October 2009, 6,881 households have signed up for email alerts and 37,179 Alerts have been sent. The public website address for search and notification of offenders moving in the area is: http://www.communitynotification.com/ct/state/
If anyone has questions regarding the registration of sex offenders in Connecticut or has information on a registered sex offender that appears to be in violation please contact the Connecticut State Police, Sex Offender Registry Unit in writing, at 1111 Country Club Road, Middletown, CT 06457-9294, by phone at 860-685-8060 or by email at sex.offender.registry@po.state.ct.us. Registry records are also available at local police departments for registrants living within that department's jurisdiction.
To access the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry Website:
"Any person who uses information in this registry to injure, harass or commit a criminal act against any person included in the registry or any other person is subject to criminal prosecution."
Totals from the Sex Offender Registry website
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