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Offender Watch
Verify Only/MDC – User Training
 Offender Watch is our statewide sex offender database and
statewide sex offender web site.
 Offender Watch is paid for and managed through state
funding provided to the Washington Association of
Sheriff’s and Police Chiefs (WASPC)
 Offender Watch is real time in that as data entry is made,
the information is immediately available to all law
enforcement users in the state. It is also provides real time
updates to our web site available to the public for Level 2,
Level 3, homeless, and Kidnapping offenders.
 http://www.icrimewatch.net/washington.php
 To learn the basic functionality and use of Offender
Watch:
 How to conduct database searches for possible suspect
identification
 How to conduct paperless address verification using
Offender Watch via MDC
Offender Watch
Login
Look on your MDC desk
top for the world icon. If
you do not have
Offender Watch
available on your MDC
please contact
Your initial login will be
____ followed by your
personnel number such
as SCSO1296 and the
initial password is ____
. Please change your
password when you log
in the first time
 Once in Offender Watch go to the Utilities tab at the top of
the screen and click on it to view the drop down menu
 Click on the “change password” choice
 Passwords are required to be at least eight characters long
and must contain at least one upper case letter, one
number, and at least one special character (!@#$%^&*).
 Your password is permanent and you will not be required
to constantly change it (for now)
 You can change it on your own at any time.
 If you forget your password contact the RSO unit and one
of us can reset your password for you.
 If you have not logged into Offender Watch for over 90
days your account will become inactive.
 Should this occur contact someone with the RSO Unit so
that your account can be re-activated and your password
will be reset. (The reset password will be the same as
initial password, ______
 Passwords are required to be at least eight characters long
and must contain at least one upper case letter, one
number, and at least one special character (!@#$%%^&*).
 All user accounts have been reactivated prior to the
training period. If you can’t get logged in contact someone
in the RSO Unit.
 You do not have the ability to change offender information
in Offender Watch. You can’t break it. You have read only
access to everything except address verification. You have
the ability to update address verification for patrol checks,
and add comments for the address verification.
 All fields are searchable across all tabs
 You can build a search profile with any piece of suspect
information you receive during an incident
 These searches may provide valuable identification of
possible suspects in crimes where the suspect may be a
registered sex/kidnapping offender.
 Start by clicking on Offender Search in the upper left corner
 Click on the Physical Traits tab and review all of the choices you have.
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These include ranges for height, weight, age which may be valuable for
searches.
Don’t overlook the Scar/Mark/Tattoo Keyword search.
Tattoo photos are in found in the “investigative notes” tab under
“images” (this is a work in progress)
Along with physical traits the Address Details, Work/
School/Volunteer, and radial search tabs may also provide valuable
information.
Enter the information that you have available and update it as you
receive new information.
Once you have entered your search criteria click on the “Search”
button and you will get a list of matching offenders. Remember to hit
the search button as you add or change information so that the list is
updated.
 Once you have a list of offenders you can print the list
that may be valuable for identifying and contacting
possible suspects.
 Locate the “print list” button and left click on it.
 From the drop down menu choose the “thumbnail list”
option and left click on that.
 Complete the two step print process
 You now have photos and addresses for follow-up
 Double click on an offender name in the list to view
the offender’s details
 Click on a specific tab to view details
 Current and historical offender photos are available
under the photo tab
 A complete history of previous offender addresses is
available under the Address/Phones tab
 Sex offender bulletins are available under the Public
Comments tab for Level 2, Level 3 and kidnapping
offenders
 When you want to start a search over click on the
“reset all” button to clear all fields
 Don’t reset all if you are adding, or updating search
criteria, just add or change the fields
 Click on the “Select All” check box to check statewide
 Highlight a city, beat or reporting area to restrict your
search to a specific area
 You can highlight more than one reporting area or city
at one time. Click the shift, or control button , hold it
down and click on multiple reporting areas or cities.
 Enter the following information into Offender Watch
to begin a search
 White
 Male
 40’s to 50’s years old
 Check your results
 Should be about 1200 offenders, and about 600 of those
are active
 Update and add the following information
 Height 5-06 to 5-08
 Weight 140 to 160
 Suspect has blue eyes
 Review your updated results
 Should be about 27 total, with 9 being active
 Finally update your search to include the following
 Suspect wearing grey hoody with “Everett Hydraulics” printed
on it
 Click on the “work, school, volunteer” tab. Enter “Everett
Hydraulics” in the “name” box on the right side
 Your search result should now be down to one person
 Jeffrey Henderson
 This search example shows how when you develop and
update search criteria your results will narrow down to the
point that you may be able to identify a suspect or person
of interest
 With the current upgrades to MDCs we will be
switching over to paperless RSO checks as of _____.
 The address verification worksheet will only be needed
when offenders are found to no longer be living at
their registered address.
 In general this process will reduce work load because
patrol checks will be completed based on real time
information rather than dated information from the
beginning of a month.
 Once in Offender Watch click on the “Manage Verifications” tab
at the top of the screen
 Check the “Verifications due in Date Range” check box
 Highlight the year of the starting date then click and hold the down
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arrow to roll the year back to at least 2000 or earlier
The end date should be the last day of the current month and year
you are searching
Click on the down arrow under “Verification Type” and highlight
the correct verification cycle for the offender’s risk level
In the “Zone” area highlight the reporting areas of your search.
Hold down the control key and click on multiple reporting areas to
search more than one at a time.
Now click on the “Search” button
This will provide you with a list of offenders who are due for
address verification
 From the list either highlight the offender
 and right click to get the drop down menu. Click on “Edit
Verification” or double click on the offender’s name in the
list if you want to view his entire record.
 If you have opened the record then click on “Edit
Verification” button to update an address verification.
 You are now at the edit verification screen.
 If you complete the verification, click on “verified -ok” from the
drop down of verification status. This updates the current date
and inserts your user ID in the “verified by” box.
 Update the Verification status to:
 Attempted – Unable to contact anyone at address
 Verified Ok - (face to face contact or verified by other person)
 Verified – AWOL (Verified through written statement that offender
no longer lives at this address)
 If you have any comments regarding the verification
please include them in the “Comments” section. Such
as “Face to Face Contact” if it applies.
 Once this information has been entered be sure to
click on the save button (top or bottom of page) to
save the record. This also updates the next verification
date for the next cycle.
 Once the record has saved then click on the “close”
button to return to the list
 Once you have saved the record you are done.
 If you find that the person no longer lives at their
registered address the process is the same as in the
past.
 If at all possible get a written witness statement from
the person providing the information
 Have the witness provide any contact information for
the offender (phone number, new address, contact
person, etc.)
 Use the verification worksheet, ask the questions from
the form. Have the witness include answers in their
statement. Complete the narrative (this is your police
report) DO NOT pull a case number.
 Additionally ask the person their relationship to the
offender. Have them document that in their statement.
 If the witness identifies the offender by a photograph
document that as well.
 You can print the offender report that includes the
photo from the list view of the offenders
 Highlight offender in the list view
 Right click, then hover over “reports”
 From the drop down menu left click on offender report
 Once the report is open click on print (two step print
process)
 Include the offender report with the address verification
worksheet that is sent to the RSO unit.
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 Forward completed address verification worksheet ,
offender report, and witness statement to the RSO Unit.
 If the place is vacant provide as much information as
you can in your narrative (contact, real estate company,
phone number etc. If you take photos, copy them to a
CD and include that with the worksheet, offender
report, and witness statement.
 This is an alternative way to conduct address verification once you
have pulled up a list of offenders that require verification. You do not
have to use it if you are comfortable working from the list.
 The map can be helpful for routing from verification to verification.
 Once you have the list left click on “Map Results”
 You will now have a map with colored bubbles. The color of the
bubble indicates the offender’s risk level. You can also click on
“Legend” at the bottom left for definitions.
 Legend:
 Level 1 = Red
Level 2 = Dark Green
Level 3 = Blue
Kidnapping = Yellow
No Risk Assigned = Neon Green or Brown
 Left click on the bubble and a photo and address will
come up.
 Left click on “Edit Verification”
 Uncheck the “Use Anniversary Date” (Default setting)
 You will have to use the drop down menu to input the
appropriate cycle and Status. You will also have to fill
in your user name for the “Verified By”
 This is the “Quick Verification” data entry screen and
does not auto fill as well as the “edit verification”
screen from offender list.
 It does update the next cycle when the record is saved.
 If you have any questions about this process please
contact someone from the RSO Unit. Contact
numbers are on the next slide.