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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 />June 25, 2018 <br />Sheriff Gene Dana <br />Ser'll ing 1he Law Enforce ment Co m1111mily qnd 1he;QJ1z e.ns of Wasi1i11rr11UJ <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office <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 million <br />dollars to conduct fac,e-to-face address verifications for registered sex and kidnapping offenders as directed <br />by RCW 9A.44. 130. <br />I am pleased to inform you that the Kittitas County Sherifrs Office will receive $75,000.00 for the <br />Registered Sex Offender Address Verification Program. The grant cycle will follow the state fiscal year, <br />starting July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019. Quarterly grant reports are due on October 10, 2018, January <br />10, 2019, April 10, 2019, and July 10, 2019. Quarterly grant reports are to be completed electronically and <br />will be emailed to RSO Coordinators. Reports must be received by W ASPC prior to grant payments being <br />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 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 WASPC <br />OffenderWatch User Group and SONAR Committee Meeting. Address verification data must be entered <br />into the statewide sex offender database, OffenderWatch. <br />Please review the attached interagency agreement and return to the WASPC Office ASAP. If you have any <br />questions please contact Terrina Peterson at (360) 486-2386 or tp ter on (w.'i ·a pc.erg . . <br />Sincerely, <br />Steven D. Strachan <br />Executive Director <br />~ <br />KEN THOMAS <br />Chief-Des Moines <br />STEVE CROWN <br />Chief-Wenatchee <br />RICK SCOTT <br />Sheri.ff-Grays Harbor Co11nty <br />President Elect <br />JOHN SNAZA <br />Sheriff-Th11rston County <br />RONNIE ROBERTS <br />Chief-Olympia <br />MARK COUEY <br />Director-OfC <br />Criminal fnvestigations Unil <br />Vice President <br />CRAIG MEIDL <br />Chief-Spokane <br />Executive Boa rd <br />GARY JENKINS <br />Chief-Pullman <br />JOHN BATISTE <br />Chief-WA State Patrol <br />Past President <br />BRIAN BURNETT <br />Sheri.ff-Chelan County <br />BILL BENEDICT <br />Sheri.ff-Clallam County <br />JAY TABB <br />SAC-FBI, Seaule <br />~ <br />BRIAN WINTER <br />Sheriff-Yakima Co11nty <br />MARK NELSON <br />Sheriff-Coll'lilz Co11nty <br />STEVEN D. STRACHAN <br />Exernlfre Director