Seattle Police Department
Sex and Kidnapping Offender Information
NOTICE
ON NEW CONVERSION PROCESS
Thank you for your interest in our website. The Seattle Police Department is
releasing this sex and kidnapping offender information in accordance with the Revised
Code of Washington, section 4.24.550; the Jacob
Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration
Act, 42 USC 14071; the Washington State Supreme Court decision State
v. Ward 123 Wn.2d 488; and the US Supreme Court decision in Connecticut
Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe, 538 U.S. 1 (2003); which authorizes law
enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex or kidnapping offenders
release when the release of information will enhance public safety and protection.
Individuals who appear on these pages have been convicted of sex or kidnapping
offenses that require registration with the sheriff's office in the county
of their residence. Further, their previous criminal history places them in
a classification level, which reflects the potential to re-offend. All of
the offenders on this site are a level 2 (moderate risk) or level 3 (high risk).
Approximately 70 percent of sex offenders are level 1 (low risk) and are not
subject to proactive community notification. These sex or kidnapping offenders
have served the sentence imposed on them by the courts and have advised the
King County Sheriff’s Department that they will be living within the city limits
of Seattle. THEY ARE NOT WANTED BY THE POLICE. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT
INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR; RATHER, IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC
IS A SAFER PUBLIC.
The Seattle Police Department has no legal authority to direct where a sex
or kidnapping offender may or may not live. Unless court ordered restrictions
exist, this offender is constitutionally free to live wherever he or she chooses.
Sex and kidnapping offenders have always lived in our communities; but it
wasn’t until passage of the Community Protection Act of 1990 (which mandates
sex and kidnapping offender registration) that law enforcement even knew where
they were living. In many cases, law enforcement is now able to share that
information with you.
Citizen abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate or harass registered
sex or kidnapping offenders will not be tolerated. Further, such abuse
could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to do community notifications.
We believe the only person who wins if community notification ends is the
sex or kidnapping offender, since they derive their power through secrecy.
Please explore this site as it contains community notification bulletins,
safety information, and other useful links. If you still have questions or
need to talk to someone in the Seattle Police Department Sex and Kidnapping
Offender Detail, please call
206-684-5332.
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