Sex Offender Supervision

Sex offender supervision and community notification is a critical component to the Lincoln County Parole & Probation Department's mission of public safety.

A total of approximately 50 sex offenders are currently under supervision in Lincoln County. These offenders have been convicted of a variety of sex offenses and represent varying levels of risk to the community.

Community Notification: Based upon the level of risk determined through use of a validated risk assessment, some of these offenders are subject to the legal requirements of Community Notification.

Go to Community Notification/Predatory Sex Offenders
Statewide Registration: All offenders who have committed crimes listed in ORS 181.594 are subject to mandatory statewide registration.
Formal Probation: Although many sex offenders are sent to prison as a result of their conviction, some offenders are placed directly on formal probation and those in prison will ultimately return to the community under parole or post-prison supervision.

Lincoln County Sex Offender Supervision Officer

What is Lincoln County Parole & Probations doing to ensure both short term and long term public safety in the supervision of sex offenders?

The supervision of sex offenders is a very challenging public safety responsibility. Lincoln County Parole & Probation has a sex offender supervision officer (tel: 541-265-8851) that has received training unique to the supervision of sex offenders. This Officer focuses on public safety in the supervision of sex offenders by:

	Completing pre-sentence reports so that necessary information is available at the time of sentencing.
	Making the public aware of predatory sex offenders. . . through the media, contact with police agencies, distribution of information to neighborhoods, etc.
	Ensuring that all sex offenders are required to participate in evaluation and/or treatment programs. . .and hold them accountable to that requirement.
	Requiring that sex offenders routinely submit to polygraph examination, both to determine prior history and to determine compliance with the conditions of their supervision.
	Working closely with treatment providers, police, victims advocates, and social service agencies so that information on supervised sex offenders is shared.
	Participating in a statewide group of community corrections parole and probation officers who specialize in sex offender supervision. . .to be certain that we are continuously accessing the best information on supervision techniques.
	Routinely access available national research on the supervision and treatment of sex offenders to ensure that we are operating in a manner that 'works'.

If you have information regarding sex offenders under supervision, that information can be provided confidentially to the Lincoln County Sex Offender Supervision Officer at (541) 265-8851.

National and State-Level Sex Offender Networks
National Information on the supervision of sex offenders: Center for Sex Offender Management is available at www.csom.org.
Oregon State Information on the Oregon Sex Offender Supervision Network: www.doc.state.or.us/cc/sexoff.htm.
Lincoln County Information: Community Notification/Predatory Sex Offenders