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Keeping Track Of 335 Sex Offenders

There's now more eyes keeping track of sex offenders in North Idaho. The North Idaho Sex Offender Task Force was recently formed thanks to a two-year $494,000 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant through the U.S. Department of Justice. Dave Robins was hired to the task force as a prosecutor, while Paul Farina, formerly with Post Falls Police, was tapped as an investigator to track sex offenders who live in the region and ones who move into the area. The two work at the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office and collaborate with the five northern counties, area law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Marshals Service on bringing non-compliant registered sex offenders into compliance under the multi-faceted program/Brian Walker, Press. More here.

Question: Are you bothered by thought of having 335 registered sex offenders in Kootenai County?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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