ND- N.D. nets federal funds to deal with sex offenders

Fact: Parents for Megans Law reports that ND has 1,277 registrants in 2008. Therefore, this grant awards ND some 414.00 per registrant to track them. Within the grant is ZERO dollars allocated in PREVENTION money. Accordingly, are they all about PREVENTING crimes, OR, FOLLOWING registrants after they commit crimes?

9-12-2009 North Dakota:

Almost $500,000 in federal money has been set aside to help North Dakota track sex offenders and alert the public to changes in their addresses, the state’s congressional delegation announced Thursday.

Almost $500,000 in federal money has been set aside to help North Dakota track sex offenders and alert the public to changes in their addresses, the state’s congressional delegation announced Thursday.

The North Dakota attorney general’s office will get $300,000 to plan and design electronic sex-offender registration and notification programs. The Spirit Lake Tribe will receive $196,677 to establish a registration and notification program.

The U.S. Department of Justice is distributing the funds that were allocated by Congress. ..Source.. by Archie Ingersoll, Grand Forks Herald