Little Rock city and police officials unveiled a localized sex-offender search on the city's Web site Monday just in time to help parents make sure their children remain safe on Halloween.
Mayor Mark Stodola promised the search on www.lrpolice.org (or through the city's Web site at www.littlerock.org) would be "citizen friendly and easy to use."
Little Rock has 360 sex offenders registered within city limits, said Lt. Terry Hastings, police spokesman.
Allowing residents to enter an address and see a map and a listing of offenders within a one-mile radius, the OffenderWatch software, which cost $7,500, was installed by Watch Systems, a Covington, La., company that has set up similar programs in 300 police departments in 27 states.
For more information see today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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