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SCHENECTADY
Police unveil tool to track sex offenders
BY STEVEN COOK Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Steven Cook at 395-3122 or scook@dailygazette.net.

    City residents now have a more user-friendly way to track convicted sex offenders in their neighborhood, police said Wednesday.
    Police are set to formally announce participation in a nationwide website called Offender-Watch.
    The site, which is linked to from the Schenectady Police Department’s site, SchenectadyPD.com, allows parents to search around a specific address and even set up email alerts when details change, police said.
    “It shows you which offenders are in the area and what level they’re at,” police spokesman Lt. Mark McCracken said. “With some, it even goes into what crimes they were convicted of.”
    Residents can set up email alerts centered around their home, work or children’s day care or school, police said. On the site, offenders are displayed on a map around the specifi ed address.
Police said they hope the program lessens anxiety by proactively alerting residents when offenders move nearby.
Police can also use the program to ensure that offenders don’t violate any safety buffers around protected institutions.
The site includes all Level 2 and 3 offenders. Level 1 offenders can also be seen. Each level has differing amount of information that is released. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders can include specifi c addresses, but Level 1 offenders include only general ZIP codes.
    It’s with the Level 1 offenders where the police department’s effort can have an advantage over the state Department of Criminal Justice Services site that offers similar services. The state agency says its site can’t include information on Level 1 offenders. Police departments, entrusted with community notification efforts, however, can include that information, but only the offender’s ZIP code.
    According to the state agency, as of Tuesday, Schenectady County has 116 Level 1 sex offenders, 97 Level 2 offenders and 60 Level 3 offenders. .........................>>>>...................>>>>..................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01202&AppName=1

they should be put on another planet.....no trial.....no defense.....have no use for these perps....who are beats of our society

in every sense of the word.

Great, another redundant system that will cost taxpayers $$$ to run every year

The children will be safer......forget the money....about time something is done.....

you want them on the street???....do you have children????.....what would you do if one was living next door....?????????


not a great statement to make ......

Quoted from Patches

The children will be safer......forget the money....about time something is done.....

you want them on the street???....do you have children????.....what would you do if one was living next door....?????????


not a great statement to make ......

Hey look, I just found all the registered offenders in my zip code and I didn't have to use Sch'dy site

http://criminaljustice.state.n.....08&Submit=Search

Quoted from BuckStrider

Hey look, I just found all the registered offenders in my zip code and I didn't have to use Sch'dy site

http://criminaljustice.state.n.....08&Submit=Search

Same here. The ability to track them has been around for years.

Quoted from Tommy

Same here. The ability to track them has been around for years.

YES IT HAS AND WE HAVE USED IT FOR YEARS!!!
Perhaps someone should share this link with schenectady's 'elected officials'!

listen....if they let an 80 + old convicted pedophile go without charges.....then this was a good example of what needs to be done with these

monsters....there should be more awareness and public should not be so passive......these beasts are the worse of the worst.

and they come in all walks of life and government, clergy, etc...TEACHERS, COACHES,   ETC.,  

Doesn't that make you think?....

educate the public , educate the children, educate the courts.