Sex Offender
Information
Available at Local
Police Departments
A person may
request sex offender
information by going
to his/her local
city or town police
station. After
presenting proper
identification, the
requester must fill
out a sex offender
request form
containing:
1. The name and
address of the
requester.
2. Information may
be requested in the
following manners:
- Inquire
whether a
specifically
named individual
or a person
described by
sufficient
identifying
information to
allow the police
to identify the
individual is a
sex offender;
or
- The
requester may
inquire whether
any sex
offenders live,
works or attends
an institution
of higher
learning within
the same city or
town of a
specific
address,
including, but
not limited to,
a residential
address,
business
address, school,
after school
program, day
care center,
playground,
recreational
area or other
identified
address;
or
- The
requester may
inquire whether
any sex
offenders live,
works or attends
an institution
of higher
learning at a
specific street
address within
the city or town
where the person
is requesting
sex offender
information;
or
- Where the
police
department is
located in a
city or town
with more than
one zip code
area, the
inquiry may ask
whether any sex
offenders live
or work within a
specified zip
code. In Boston
such inquiry may
be made by
specified police
district.
3. The reason for
the request.
4. The date and time
of the request.
If the request
results in the
identification of a
sex offender, the
police will
distribute the
offender's name,
home address, work
address, the name
and address of the
institution of
higher learning
where the sex
offender works or is
enrolled as a
student, age, sex,
height, weight, eye
and hair color, the
sex offenses
committed and the
dates of conviction
and/or adjudication
and a photo of the
offender, if
available.
The information will
be provided free of
charge.
All information
provided to the
public will include
language prohibiting
the misuse of sex
offender information
for harassment or
discriminatory
purposes.
All records of
inquiry will be kept
confidential, except
to assist or defend
in a criminal
prosecution.
The police will not
release information
identifying the
victim by name,
address or relation
to the offender.
For copies of the
form to request sex
offender information
from your Local
Police Departments
please visit our
Forms and
Publications
page.
