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WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SHERIFFS & POLICE CHIEFS <br />3060 Willamette Drive NE Lacey, WA 98516 — Phone: (360) 486-2380 — Fax: (360) 486-2381 — Website: www.waspe.org <br />Swing the Law Enforcement Commzmity and the Citizen of Washington <br />July 17, 2017 RECEIVED <br />Sheriff Gene Dana <br />L1J2 <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office K11"TITAS COUNTY SHERIFF <br />307 W. Umptanum Road <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926-6720 <br />Dear Sheriff Gene Dana: <br />The Washington State Legislature allocated $10 million dollars over the 2017-2019 biennium for the <br />Registered Sex Offender Address Verification Program. This year, local agencies will receive $4.91 <br />million dollars to conduct face-to-face address verifications for registered sex and kidnapping offenders <br />as directed by RCW 9A.44.130. <br />I am pleased to inform you that the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office will receive $66,000.00 for the <br />Registered Sex Offender Address Verification Program. The grant cycle will follow the state fiscal year, <br />starting July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018. Quarterly grant reports are due on October 10, 2017, <br />January 10, 2018, April 10, 2018, and July 10, 2018. Quarterly grant reports are to be completed <br />electronically and will be emailed to RSO Coordinators. Reports must be received by WASPC prior to <br />grant payments being issued to your agency. <br />Address verification fiends are designed to support all aspects of Registered Sex Offender Address <br />Verification. Most importantly, fiends are required to be used for face-to-face verification a sex offender's <br />address at the place of residency. <br />• For Level I Offenders—Face-to-Face Address Verification will occur once every twelve months <br />• For Level II Offenders—Face-to-Face Address Verification will occur once every six months <br />• For Level III Offenders—Face-to-Face Address Verification will occur once every three months <br />For the purposes of this grant, unclassified offenders and kidnapping offenders are considered level I <br />offenders, unless the local jurisdiction sets a higher classification in the interest of public safety. <br />Additionally, funding from this program will be. used to send at least one staff person to at least one <br />WASPC OffenderWatch User Group and SONAR Committee Meeting. Address verification data must be <br />entered into the statewide sex offender database, OffenderWatch. <br />Please review the attached interagency agreement and return to the WASPC Office ASAP. If you have <br />any questions please contact Jamie Weimer at (360) 486-2419 or jweimer ( waso.or <br />Sincerely, <br />A-1411� <br />Mitch Barker <br />Executive Director <br />President - President Elect Vice President Past President Treasurer <br />BRIAN BURNETT KEN THOMAS JOHN SNAZA KEN HOHENBERG BRIAN WINTER <br />Sheri Chelan County Chief --Kent - Sheriff Thurston County Chief—Kennewick Sheriff—Yakima County <br />DUSTY PIERPOBVT <br />Chief—Lacey <br />RICK SCOTT <br />Sheriff—Grays Harbor County <br />RONNIE ROBERTS <br />chiefOlyutpta <br />MARK COVEY <br />Director=OIC <br />Criunnallnvestigations Unit <br />Executive Board <br />STEVE STRACHAN <br />Chief—Breuterlon <br />JOHN BATISTE <br />Chief—WA,State Parvo! <br />BILL BENEDICT <br />Shertff—Clallan County <br />JAY TABB <br />SAC—FBI, Seattle <br />JOHNTURNER <br />Sheri Walla Walla County <br />MITCH BARKER <br />Gxecutine Director <br />