Warning!! Who is living in your neighborhood?

@Polly1 (12645)
United States
February 18, 2008 9:00pm CST
www.familywatchdog.us This is an important site, everyone should check it out. You can type in your address or just your sreet, city and zip code. A map will come up with color coded squares. Click on a square, you will see a picture, address and other important info. This site was developed by John Walsh to help us protect our children from child molesters, rapist, preditors, etc. Now you can keep up with who is living in your neighborhood. This will also help protect your children. You can show them a picture and tell them to stay away from this person. Interesting info.
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@schilds (410)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I have checked this sight before, but thanks for the reminder. Since the last time I was there someone has moved into our neighborhood. There was a nice innocent looking old man who used to hang out at the laundry mat - I saw him on the sight after I had spent most of the day at the laundry mat with my toddler daughter running around. This is a great resource to help protect your children, but also remember that not everyone is registered or in compliance.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
You are right we do need to remember that not everyone is in compliance with the law. You also can't tell by looks alone what someone has done. We do need to protect ourselves and our children.
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• United States
19 Feb 08
hey there polly..soo i went to the site..and i must say im glad they have this out..but i had soem probs..like could anyone else see the pics of the people..because i couldnt..i had a site that i had..and it showed pics..and what they did..everything i should say..and this site was very general..but still it showed me that i had one in the neighborhood that i wasnt aware of..so thank u for that..and thank u for spreading the word..and helping others..
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Your very welcome, the site said it was supposed to show a picture, maybe that part is down. I don't know what the problem is.
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@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I've had this site bookmarked for a long time, it's most valuable for checking to see if there's predators in the neighborhood. A couple of years ago my one daughter was working as a waitress while she was taking some college courses. There was this guy who came in and was very 'creepy.' We went onto the website and checked out the area where she worked, and there was this guys picture! And not only his picture, but others who used to come into the restaurant were also listed as s*xual predators. I think it's a valuable tool to know who you're dealing with so that you can avoid being around them (like in the parking lot, etc.) I also did a search for my neighborhood, which is quiet and way out in the country. I was very surprised to see that there was 3 of them within a 2 mile area, and a few more that live up towards the grade school. I'm glad you thought to share the link withother myLotters, unfortunately it's very necessary in this day and age!
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Hi Joy, Yes This is a good website to have especially if ou have kids. Hey Vicky, You sneaky little devil LOL.
@disvachic (10117)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Hi Polly I've seen this website before and I think its very helpful.I do appreciate you sharing this website with us.I will email this site to my children.Take care and have a great day
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
We all need to check out this site, I am so glad I posted it. You take care and have a good day too.
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@disvachic (10117)
• United States
19 Feb 08
thank u
• United States
19 Feb 08
This is a great discussion. It is nice to know that there is a place to go to check out the people who live around you. In this day and age a person can never be to safe. Especially when there are kids in the neighborhood. I don't have any kids at home but my grandkids do come over and visit. So I will be checking this out. I went to the link real quick just to see what it was like.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
This is something we should all be aware of without freaking out about it. We all need to keep a close eye on kids.
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• United States
19 Feb 08
i looked at the site and this is good for people to look at. there are some many of them that live withing range of me and my kids school. this is the best site i have been to for this type of information. thank you for putting it out there that there is another site to look up offenders in your town.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
20 Feb 08
Your very welcome..
@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Thanks Polly - I checked out my address and while there are no offenders on my road there is one at the bottom of my hill. It scary to know that some one like that lives so close. At least I know to be extra carful in watching my kids. The offecne is green so thats better then red but wow too close for confort!
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
We do have to pay attention to the color of the squares. Some people have done things much worse then others. Thanks for the response.
@KKKBsmom (1092)
• United States
19 Feb 08
This is such a good Website... It is really sad that we have to have this kind of website tho... I really scares the bejibbers out of me... My kids... have always know what was around... they have always been afraid of unusuall men... but what we don't know... is there are women out there also... I just don't think they get caught... at least not as much as men...kinda scary... And really sad that we have to teach this sad thing to our children! Have a great day! :0)
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Yes it is sad that we have to teach this kind of stuff to our children. We must do everything in our power to protect them, this site is a great tool to help us.
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
19 Feb 08
We have a site like this in Texas I'd looked at before, but still went to the site and took a look. It is really disturbing. I don't have kids at home, or grandkids that live in this state, but there are a TON of child molesters living within a half mile of several area schools. How is that even legal? Amazing.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I was shocked when I went to the site. All those little squares. It is the law to stay a certain distance from a school. You can put your grandkids street and city in and check their area. Its scary what comes up.
• United States
19 Feb 08
Thank you very much for sharing. I think this helps a lot when in a neighborhood where you have to walk and depend on public transportation too. I would rather find the people listed here than meet them on the street somewhere. I will share this site too.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Your very welcome.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
19 Feb 08
You are right about this being an important site. It is very important to be aware of what and who are around us. Back in the day, it did not seem as important, but somehow things seem worse now. If we can protect our children by being aware of our surroundings, then this is exactly what we need to do and this is the perfect site to help us do that. Thank you for it.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
Your very welcome, I do like to share good sites when I come across them. Back in the day we didn't talk about this stuff like we do now. We need to talk about, we need to protect our children and ourselves. We need to know this stuff and not freakout about it. Knowledge is good.
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@catjane (1036)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I wonder if it could tell me how many terrorists are living in my neighborhood? There are cells everywhere in the world. It's kind of scary not knowing where they all are.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I hadn't thought of that before, we have to becareful with terrorist too. People who do bad, horrible things look like ordinary people. We need to protect ourselves and our children.
• Canada
19 Feb 08
Thanks for posting this. I wonder if we have a site like this in Canada? I will have to check it out as this is extremely valuable tool in todays society! Know your enemy as they say! Its a start anyway.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I would think there would be something like this in Canada. I know we can check our area by just typing the info in and it comes up.
@bcote212 (1112)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I cannot believe how many offenders that there are in my neighborhood. I do live in Baltimore, and its not exactly the safest city in the United States but there are well over 1000 offenders in my area. Thank you for the post this is very helpfull. Luckily I think the closest offender is something like 4 miles from me but it seems like there are so many in that area that it is insane.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
19 Feb 08
It truly is amazing how many there are out there. I was surprised when I checked my area.
• United States
19 Feb 08
Thank You for The Alert - Thank you in sparkles
This is most truly one of the scariest sites I have ever been on. I was obsessed when I first became aware of it. Thank you for putting the link on here and making it available to others.~Donna
@xialinye (1403)
• China
24 Feb 08
it's just search in american~~~what a pity!
@aminion (129)
• Canada
20 Feb 08
Does anyone know of anything like this in Canada? I think they have a law against it, something about the preditors rights. What rights should they have?
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