Sexual predators can look like the person next door. That’s one of the reasons the Indiana Sheriff’s Sex Offender Registry has been placed on a state-of-the-art Web site.

Daviess County Chief Deputy Steve Cox said Monday the new Web site will allow local residents access to information about where convicted sex offenders live and work in the community.

The Web site includes a mapping tool that allows viewers to locate sex offenders living near schools, child care centers and parks. The registry may also be searched by city, county or ZIP code. The site maps the offender and returns a profile including a recent photograph, home and work address and conviction.

“There’s going to be some flaws in the system,” Cox said. Monday, some Daviess County sex offenders were not showing up as registered.

The Web site is updated weekly, according to Jail Commander Jerry Maddox, who adds Daviess County information to the state-wide database. There were some problems when the new jail opened with a new computer system, but Maddox said things are now up and running, and he expects all the updated material to appear on the Web site.

“Those that show up as not registered, we send a letter to and they have seven days to register,” he said.

He also pointed out that some offenders show up as not registered when they are actually in jail.

“If they’re in jail, they have no address,” Maddox said. He’s hoping the system will somehow note the persons that are incarcerated.

Cox said one new option offers users a chance to pre-register for e-mail notification when registered sex offenders move near them.

The following sex and violent offenders are required to register with the sheriff’s department in the county where the offender intends to live, work or study:

• A sex and violent offender who spends or intends to spend at least seven days (including part of a day) in Indiana during a 180 day period or an offender who owns real property in Indiana and returns to Indiana at any time.

• A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for more than 14 days in a row during any calendar year.

• A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for a total of more than 30 days whether or not they are in a row during any calendar year.

• A sex and violent offender who is enrolled or intends to be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution in Indiana.

• A child who is at least 14 years of age and has been adjudicated as a delinquent child for an act that would require registration if committed by an adult and is found by a court to be likely to repeat an act that would require registration if committed by an adult.