http://www.familywatchdog.us 

This incident linked to below reminded me of the Family Watch Dog site. Shame that the intended victim did not "mark" the creep with a knee shot.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...cc4c002e0.html

The Family Watch Dog site is not 100 percent up to date on all states.

I checked out one person that I knew about in Texas. He is not shown in the Watchdog data base but he is in the TXDPS sex offender data base.

However, the Watchdog will give the info about the number of sex offenders living whatever distance from a school and how many are in the town's address area if they are in the databse. Photos are included.

Maps are included in the search. Can not say just how accurate they are.

I suggest a search engine check to find which state agency does have the sex offender database for your state.

Better to know who might be or is in your area, I think. Hopefully they will not repeat the offense. It is a sad deal that it even happens. Ah, some of the offenders are female.

I call it threat ID using these databases.

I was browsing some on the TXDPS sex offender database one night about 7 or years ago and decided to see how many there were in the Houston area. They do have a lot.

I went thru several pages of names, one name was different enough to gain my total attention. Turned to be a black female about late 20's. Victim's age was 18 months. Not good. Baby sitter, I guess.

The offender was listed as absconded, whereabouts unkonwn.

But would also say to not bother those folks either. If you do notice that it is possible that they might be up to no good again, tip off the LEO in your area and let them handle it. I have noticed that some are on parole/probation. So the parole officer might be the person to contact also.

http://www.raptorware.com/ruling/

5th Circuit Court Concludes Sex Offender Screening & Raptor School Security Constitutional
This is a Texas case. 

Link above is to the Raptor School Security website. Good comments by US District Judge Sam Sparks.

“During the 2009-10 school year, our technology detected approximately 2,200 sex offenders trying to enter the more than 7,000 schools using Raptor. Affordable technology protects our children,” said Measom. [Raptor President and CEO]

Threat ID is always important.

Link below is to a about 307KB size PDF of the full court decision, right click on and save if you wish.

http://www.raptorware.com/ruling/doc20100908120507.pdf

Looks like they have a good product.

I have no connection with this company. Just followed a link from a news site that I accidently clicked on.