The Sex Offender Notification Unit investigator specializes in crimes involving criminal sex offenders, State law, registration, classification, and notification. Under exisiting law, the Community Nofification Act provides for the community notification of the release of criminal sex offenders. Comprehensive registration and periodic address verification provides the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office information critical to preventing sexual vicitmization and to resolving incidents involving sexual abuse and exploitation.

This unit has begun tracking more than 676 sex offenders in the Jefferson County communities. This unit has mailed out more than 200 letters requesting and reminding sex offenders to annually verify their addresses with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. This unit, receiving the regsitration of the sex offender, disseminates the registration to the local jurisdictions, and the State of Alabama Department of Public Safety. This unit is responsible for the notification of Sex Offenders in the unincorporated county, and cities with populations under five thousand. This unit is responsible for communicating all sex offenders' information to other counties and states on sex offenders relocating intheir counties and States. This unit will obtain warrants on all sex offenders relocating intheir counties and States. This unit willl obtain warrants on all sex offenders who fail to comply with State Law. Sheriff Mike Hale understands the importance of this unit in tracking sex offenders and keeping communities informed and safe. Be sure to visit the sex offenders database to locate offenders in your community.