Meeting will address sex offender notification

Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998 | 3:34 a.m.

Sen. Ernie Adler, who chairs the Advisory Council on Community Notification of Sex Offenders, says the meeting will give community groups and law enforcement agencies in southern Nevada a chance to have their questions answered about the complicated law.

Adler, D-Carson City, who criticized Las Vegas police at the panel's last meeting for failing to move quickly to implement the law, said good progress has been made since then.

"They've been very responsive," he said - but added law enforcement agencies in Nevada still need more assistance from community groups to help with the notification process.

The initial notification law, passed by the 1995 Legislature, requires law enforcement to notify schools, neighbors and community groups if sex offenders in Nevada prisons are paroled into their neighborhoods.

The level of notification depends on the risk of the offender committing more crimes.

The law was expanded by the 1997 Legislature to also require notification of sex offenders who move to Nevada from other states or who served out their sentences years ago.

Guidelines on the sex offender notification program have been developed by the attorney general's office.