Mapping Sex Offenders

My wife is a teacher in an elementary school. She told me about this site yesterday. Enter your address and it will pop up a map that shows the registered sex offenders that live near you. You’ll see red, yellow, blue and green squares. Click on one, and it will show you a picture of the offender, the offense and the person’s address. Yes, it scares the bejeezus out of me just knowing they are there in the first place, but it’s an amazing use of technology to keep people informed. Maybe most of you knew about this. I didn’t.

There is also a notification feature on the site to automatically keep you up to date.