Public notificationSmartphone app offers sex offender information

Two of the providers of technology to local sheriffs’ offices have announced a new content publishing agreement that will offer the public information on sex offenders.

Appriss, a provider of smartphone application technology, says it will soon offer information to the public regarding sex offenders in their community. The company says that more than 1,000 sheriff offices already use OffenderWatch, a sex offender management solution, and the new content will be available to these offices via the Appriss smartphone platform.

“This is a significant addition to the information already available on the sheriff’s app,” said Appriss CEO Michael Davis. “People will more easily find vital, up-to-date material about sex offenders in their community. It’s information that helps keep them safer.”

“It is a perfect marriage of Watch Systems’ leading sex offender content with the Appriss mobile publishing platform. The real winners are our sheriffs and the communities they serve,” said Mike Cormaci, president of Watch Systems.

The company notes that the sheriff’s smartphone app already gives users access to real-time detention center information — including photos — plus lists of non-custodial parents and most-wanted criminals. Adding sex offender data through Watch Systems’ OffenderWatch system makes the application even more valuable to the community.