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In Indiana, the County Sheriff is generally responsible for registering, verifying, and monitoring convicted sex and violent offenders. For Statewide continuity and consistency, all Sheriffs maintain their registry within a centralized database at www.sheriffalerts.com. Lobby Kiosk RegistrationThere is a designated kiosk in the lobby of the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office. It is there for Sex & Violent Offenders to sign in and notify your SVOR representative that you’re on-site with questions. Following the sign in, please update your information with the State of Indiana SVOR site as applicable. If offenders want to make an appointment or ask a question, please do so by completing the form below or by calling 219.326.7700 ext. 2320. All registrations are done in person Monday through Friday, 8am - 4pm. The office is closed on holidays and weekends.SVOR INQUIRY FORM La Porte County OffenderWatch® All 92 county Sheriffs in Indiana have now adopted OffenderWatch® as the standardized registered sex offender electronic registration, on-going management, and community notification tool. Each Sheriff has their own agency-personalized community Web page for citizen-friendly access to offender data, and for registering to get free email alerts should an offender register near their important addresses. National Sex Offender Website. The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) is an unprecedented public safety resource that provides the public with access to sex offender data nationwide. NSOPW is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Justice and state, territorial and tribal governments, working together for the safety of adults and children. ScamsBeware of text scams involving disturbing photos that target residents with demands. See our Common Scams & Crimes page for more information. Mailing Information:Sex & Violent OffendersLa Porte County Sheriff’s Office809 State Street, Suite 202ALa Porte, IN 46350Phone: 219.326.7700, ext. 2320

This is Part 2 of a three-part Mountain West News Bureau series on immigration. Read Part 1 on mixed-status families and Part 3 about the potential economic impact of mass deportations.At an annual meeting of the Idaho Sheriffs’ Association, Kieran Donahue, the sheriff of rural Canyon County, Idaho, blends into a Boise conference room full of suits and cowboy hats.He said he’s heard of the plans of President-elect Donald Trump and “border czar” Tom Homan to carry out the largest deportation campaign in American history -- a campaign that will likely rely on local law enforcement officers like him.“I'm very supportive,” Donahue said – if, he qualified, the incoming administration does what it’s suggested and focuses on people with criminal records.Donahue is also the president of the National Sheriffs’ Association, representing more than 3,000 county sheriffs across the country. He thinks most are on board, even eager, to support an immigration crackdown.“Their citizens are suffering under the onslaught of the criminality, anywhere from this massive shoplifting or breaking into stores, up to ... rape and murder,” he said.However, many studies show immigrants with and without legal status commit crimes at rates lower than U.S.-born citizens. And while governors and local officials in conservative states are gearing up to collaborate with the Trump administration, Democratic-led cities and states are preparing to respond. Murphy Woodhouse / Boise State Public Radio Kieran Donahue is the sheriff of Canyon County, Idaho, and the president of the National Sheriffs Association. He thinks most of the 3,000 sheriffs the organization represents are on board with aiding President-elect Trump's plans for widespread deportations. In Colorado, for example, lawmakers are working to strengthen existing state laws that protect immigrant communities and restrict local law enforcement's involvement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Many of these policies stem from efforts by state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Democrat who was first elected in 2018.“We realized that we had the opportunity as local community members here, as Coloradans, to push back and say, ‘You know what, ICE, you do your job, but stop using local law enforcement to do your job for you,’” she said in her office at the state capitol.The legal patchwork across the region could spark clashes with the Trump administration, as the incoming president’s immigration plan faces varying levels of support and resistance depending on the political landscape.To help or to resistWhile the federal government is responsible for civil immigration enforcement, state and local governments can play a role in how the laws are applied.Donahue said sheriffs are uniquely positioned to assist ICE because they’re directly elected by voters and not accountable to mayors or city councils. They also run county jails.Currently, Donahue's jail holds individuals arrested and suspected to be in the U.S. without proper legal status to be picked up by ICE, if federal agents request it. Local law enforcement may also inquire about someone’s immigration status and share information with ICE about immigrants without legal status charged with crimes.Donahue hopes that in President

The Office of Sheriff existed in England at least as far back as 1066. At that time, as it is today, England was divided into several counties. The king appointed law enforcement officers to safeguard these counties and to carry out his will. The chief law enforcement official was known as "Sheriff," from the Saxon words "scyre," or county, and "reve," or keeper. Thus, the Sheriff was the keeper of the county.As keeper of the county, early Sheriffs possessed vast powers to preserve the peace and carry out the king's commands. They arrested and committed felons to jail, executed the process of early English courts, returned impartial juries for the trial of men's lives, and, at times, commanded citizens to form a "posse comitatus" to defend their territory. Through the exercise of such power, the Sheriff's Office quickly became one of great utility and responsibility. The holder of the Office of Sheriff was held in high respect.When the English colonists crossed the Atlantic and settled in the New World, they brought with them many of the legal developments of English jurisprudence, including the Office of Sheriff. Early settlers subdivided their territory into counties and elected a Sheriff to oversee peaceful development within the Sheriff's jurisdiction. The Sheriff's Office carried with it all the powers and duties associated with that of the ancient English keeper of the county. With this grant of power, the Sheriff sought to preserve the peace and enforce the law in the spirit of the new age.Despite