Sex Offender Compliance
Check Forms for Patrol Officers
Introduction
The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), also referred to as Title I of the Adam
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109-248), provides minimum guidelines for
sex offender registration and notification in the United States. One important aspect of this Act is the
enforcement of requirements implemented as a result of these guidelines. However, agencies tasked
with helping to ensure sex offender compliance use a variety of data collection and reporting strategies.
To help address this issue, this booklet supplies two sex offender compliance check forms representing
best practices among law enforcement agencies that routinely conduct these compliance/verification
checks. Each form provides a systemic framework for obtaining information necessary to help ensure
public safety.
The first compliance check form, the short form, is geared toward patrol officers who conduct routine
verification visits to registered sex offenders’ homes, places of employment, and/or schools they attend.
Officers may use this short form to gather basic information detailing their visit and to determine the
sex offender’s level of compliance or the need for investigative follow-up.
The second, the long form, is designed for more in-depth visits to or with sex offenders at their homes,
places of employment, and/or schools. This form may be used as an investigative follow-up tool or when
an offender is deemed to be not in compliance and additional action is necessary.
These forms are available on the COPS Office website at
www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.
aspx?RID=623
. Both may be used as internal documentation or as external reporting instruments.
Additional information about SORNA and reporting requirements in the United States can be found
at
www.nsopw.gov.