Quantcast
Channel: Savannah Morning News | Latest News
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 15922

Ga. trying to clear sex offender registry backlog

$
0
0

ATLANTA — State officials say they're trying to catch up with a sex offender registry system that is seriously backlogged.

Sexual predators who are considered likely to commit more sex crimes are required under a state law passed in 2006 to update their sex offender registration twice yearly and wear a GPS monitor.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/TORMFA) that five analysts at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are currently working through 4,300 pending cases -- while also getting anywhere from 120 to 150 new cases a month.

Tracy Alvord, executive director of the Sex Offender Registration Review Board, estimates that about 258 of the 4,300 backlogged offender cases are probably sexually dangerous predators.


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 15922

Trending Articles