Operation Compliance held over weekend in Nevada

Operation Vigilance, a multi-agency collaborative effort to verify sex offender registration compliance, was conducted in the Carson, Douglas, Storey and Lyon County areas. Over the course of three days and nights, from Thursday, July 30th through Saturday, August 1st, 2015, nearly 30 officers with area law enforcement agencies knocked on doors and made contact with community members to carry out this important operation.

This joint effort by the Nevada Department of Public Safety – Division of Parole and Probation, Carson City, Douglas County, and Storey County Sheriff’s Offices, along with the Inspector General’s Office and the U.S. Marshal Service resulted in 226 sex offender compliance checks.

The whereabouts of known sex offenders in the area were verified through visits at each individual’s registered residence and/or place of employment. Those sex offenders found to be out of compliance or with locations/whereabouts unknown will be further investigated for violations of local, state, and federal laws.

As a result of Operation Vigilance, two supervised offenders were arrested for violating their parole or probation terms and conditions. Community members were also educated and provided direction to the Nevada Sex Offender Registration website, http://www.nvsexoffenders.gov/, where the public can access information regarding sex offenders in their area.

This multi-agency collaboration has been identified as a great success for increasing offender supervision and sex offender compliance and serves as an example of how federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies work together to increase community safety in Northern Nevada.