NEWS RELEASE

Date: Friday, November 01, 2024
Contact Person: Capt. Dan Furlong
Contact Phone: 563-326-8273

Incident Type: October 2024 Sex Offender Sweep

From October 27th 2024 to October 30th 2024, The Scott County Sheriff’s Office did Sex Offender compliance checks on all registered Sex Offenders who reside in Scott County, IA. There currently are 508 registered sex offenders who reside in Scott County. There are 43 registered sex offenders from outside of Scott County who are employed or attend school in Scott County, IA.

Assisting with this operation were the Scott County Sheriff’s Office Reserves, Davenport Police Department, Bettendorf Police Department, LeClaire Police Department, Walcott Police Department, Iowa Department of Corrections High Risk Unit, Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Investigation and the Scott County Emergency Communications Center.

During the time frame, every sex offenders residence within Scott County was contacted in person for compliance. A total of 14 registered sex offenders have been found non-compliant. 7 have been arrested for warrants or new sex offender registry violations and 22 need followed up with for potential new sex offender registry violation charges.

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