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Show Thuisday, January 12, 2006 University Journal Phone call worries residents Page 3 rrL n t n r"3 y Computer glitch in Sheriffs Office misinforms population By HOLLIE SMITH hsmithsuujournal.com A computer glitch is to blame for a phone call authorized by the Iron County Sheriffs Office notifying some Ephraim residents about a convicted sex offender supposedly residing in their community. Ephraim resident Janet Olsen said the call, a recorded message noti fying residents of a convicted sex offender hung in the neighborhood, came on Jan. 3 between 7:30 and 8 p.m. The message included the oftender's name, age, address and physical description. The recorded message also stated that the offender was not wanted by the sheriff's office at that time. The message was meant for residents' awareness of the offender and residents should not use the information "to harass the sexual predator, vandalize the property or double-checkefacilitate any other crime them." against On Jan. 4, Olsen received another call with a recoided message that told residents to disiegard the prev ious night's call regarding a sex offender because "lie does not live m (their) city or county," she said. The offender does not live in Ephraim or Sanpete living in their neighborhood, Jordan said. community. Continued from Page Janet Olsen A FRIEND-N- O YOU LIMIT ON YOUR REFERAL EARNINGS! WANT TO CLIMB FOR FREE? Come into SOS Staffing today and apply for one of our outstanding opportunities and receive a area ; "There was needless concern that occuned that wouldn't have if they had their numbers, she said. There was considerable concern because some children received the message, she said "I was at a meeting with a mom who had left her children at home that night and she got a phone call from her kids who were in a huge panic because they thought there was a sexual predator wandering around the neighborhood and they were home alone, she said. The mother had a hard time finishing the meeting because her child w'as scared and he kept calling her, she said. The number of residents who received the call is not known. FREE Gift Card to SUU Outdoor Rec Center! double-checke- Qualify by completing the application 1 & hiring process. WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOUR SCHEDULE! Fast, fun and fulfilling. ..and GREAT PAY SOS Staffing offers part-timlong term and short term opportunities at no cost to you. 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Olsen said it was comforting to know that officials let people know if a sexual piedator moves into their area, but it was frustrating that officials didn't bother to make sure that they were calling the right their numbers' non-prof- in There is an address in Ephraim that is exactly tlie same address of the offender in Iron County and somehow the computer picked up that zip code instead of (Iron County's), he said. This procedure for notifying residents was modeled after two or three programs in northern Utah, Gower said. "We look at it as a general service to the people in Iron County because not every resident knows how to or can access the public information through the Internet, he said. Lamar Jordan, Political Science and Criminal Justice department chair, said the methods for notifying residents vary from place lo place "Under the law, people have a right to know if there is a sexual predator "There was needless concern that occurred that wouldn't have if they d had County, but in Iron County. Iron County Sheriff Maik Gower said the call was a computer error and had been corrected. "(The Iron County Sheriffs Office) has a program where they go out and identify registered sexual offenders in the community and send that information to A Child Is Missing, Gower said. A Child Is Missing is a organization that calls residents that live within a prescribed radius of a registered sex offender to provide them witli public information about offenders in the r -3 could be the least of your worries. grade forms are time consuming, but not the main concern. only to find out they are not eligible to attend school. 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