CONTACT: Sgt. Michele Hernandez, Statewide Sex Offender Enforcement Coordinator, (517) 322-1378

April 5, 2007

LANSING. Since the service became available in early January, over 3,200 Michigan residents have signed up to receive notification via e-mail when a registered sex offender moves into their neighborhood.

Residents have subscribed to nearly 1,000 Michigan zip codes with over 17,000 e-mails sent in the last three months. The notification system sends an automated e-mail to registered subscribers when an offender moves into a specified zip code.

Interested individuals may sign up for the free service at http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us. Users can enter up to six zip codes, and may modify their zip code list at any time.

The e-mail notification system was stipulated by Public Act 46 of 2006 and is part of recent upgrades to the Public Sex Offender Registry (PSOR) web site. Over the next year, additional features and information will be added to the site in an ongoing effort to make the PSOR a helpful tool for the public.

The PSOR has been online at http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us since 1999. As of February 13 there were 19,401 offenders on the PSOR.

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