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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.waspc.org <br />Serving the, Law Enforcement COmmLlllilv and the Citizens of WashingtoQ <br />July 17,2017 <br />Sheriff Gene Dana <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office <br />307 W. Umptanum Road <br />Ellensburg, W A 98926-6720 <br />Dear Sheriff Gene Dana: <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 1 9 2017 <br />KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF <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 em ailed to RSO Coordinators. Reports must be received by W ASPC prior to <br />grant payments being issued to your agency. <br />Address verification funds are designed to support all aspects of Registered Sex Offender Address <br />Verification. Most importantly, funds 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 twelv.e 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 W ASPC Office ASAP. If you have <br />any questions please contact Jamie Weimer at (360) 486-2419 or jweimer@,v aspc.org <br />Si'ncerely, <br />Mitch Barker <br />Executive Director <br />~ <br />BRIAN BURNETT <br />Sheriff-Chelan COllnty <br />DUSTY PIERPOINT <br />Chief-Lacey <br />RICK SCOTT <br />Sheriff-Grays Harbor County <br />President Elect <br />KEN THOMAS <br />Chief-Kent <br />RONNIE ROBERTS <br />Chief-Olympia <br />MARK COUEY <br />Dire,'tor-OIC <br />Criminal Inl'e stigulium' Unit <br />v ice President <br />JOHNSNAZA <br />Sheriff-Thllrston CQunty <br />e3"'''h'ce !)owd <br />STEVE STRACHAN <br />Chief-Bremerton <br />JOHN BATISTE <br />Chief-WA State Patrol <br />Past President <br />KEN HOHENBERG <br />Chief-Kennewick <br />BILL BENEDICT <br />Sheriff-Clallam COllnty <br />JAYTABB <br />SAC-FBI. Seallie <br />Treasurer <br />BRIAN WINTER <br />Sheriff-Yaldma Col mly <br />JOHN TURNER <br />Sheriff-Walla Walla COllnty <br />MITCH BARKER <br />Executive Direc/or