North Carolinians have a new tool to help locate registered sex offenders in their neighborhoods.
Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Monday that people can access the N.C. Sex Offender Registry on their iPhones.
“Knowing where sex offenders live can help you plan for your and your children’s safety,” Cooper said in a written release. “Families are on the go and we need to make this critical safety information available to them where they are.”
The application is free for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Users who download the app from iTunes will be able to search for registered sex offenders by GPS location or street address.
Offenders’ home addresses are pinpointed on the app’s on-screen map with red markers. Users can search for all offenders within a one, three or five mile radius and can zoom in on the map.
Like the N.C. Sex Offender Registry website, the app does not include details on out-of-state crimes committed by offenders registered in N.C. Users have to go to that state’s sex offender registry to determine the underlying convictions for out-of-state offenses.
North Carolinians can also get an alert by telephone when a convicted sex offender moves into their zip code, or to get telephone alerts about a specific offender, through the NC SAVAN system by calling 1-877-627-2826.
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