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Registered Sex and Kidnapping Offenders
The Des Moines Police Department is releasing information on sex and kidnapping offenders in the interest of public safety pursuant to RCW 4.24.550. This information relates to offenders who have registered with the King County Sheriff Office stating that they will be living in the City of Des Moines pursuant to RCW 9A.44.130. The content of the information made available, as well as where and how the information is disseminated, is restricted to the standards set forth in Chapter 4.24 and by the Washington State Supreme Court ruling in State v. Ward, 123 WA 2d 488 (1994). Offender information is provided to assist community members in protecting themselves and their families.
The Des Moines Police Department has no legal authority to direct where sex offenders may or may not live. Unless court ordered restrictions exist, the offender is constitutionally free to live wherever he or she chooses.
Sex offenders have always lived in our communities; but it wasn’t until passage of the Community Protection Act of 1990 that mandates sex 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 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 offender, since sex offenders derive their power through secrecy.
These offenders have served their sentences and are not wanted by the police at this time.
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