The Elgin Police Department has a new method of notifying residents of sex offenders in the area.

The service is called OffenderWatch®, and it is the nation’s leading registered sex offender management and community notification tool used by hundreds of leading agencies in dozens of states. Elgin’s law enforcement uses OffenderWatch® to manage and monitor the whereabouts, conduct and compliance status of the registered offenders in Elgin.

OffenderWatch® is updated throughout the day as soon as offender addresses and other offender information change. Residents may enter any address in the county and see real-time information on the publishable offenders within the specified radius of the address you enter.

Offenders move frequently, so instead of having to check the maps on a weekly basis, a way to stay informed is to take advantage of our free email alert system. You may confidentially register as many addresses in the county as you wish, and OffenderWatch® will continuously monitor the addresses and send you an email alert if a new offender registers an address within one mile of any address you register.

There is no cost for this service and no limit to the number of addresses you can register. Your email address and physical addresses are all confidential.

To learn more about using this website, please view the Elgin Police Department’s online presentation. (Simply click “next” to follow the slides.)

SOURCE: Elgin Police Department website