Statutes | 9 GTBC ยง 4.07 | 2020
(a) Website.
(1) Website. The GTBPD shall use and maintain a public sex offender registry website.
(2) Links. The GTBPD registry website shall include links to sex offender safety and education resources.
(3) Instructions. The registry website shall include instructions on how a person can seek correction of information that the individual contends is erroneous.
(4) Warnings. The registry website shall include a warning that the information contained on the website should not be used to unlawfully injure, harass, or commit a crime against any individual named in the registry or residing or working at any reported addresses and that any such action could result in civil or criminal penalties.
(5) Search Capabilities. The registry website shall have the capability of conducting searches by (1) name (2) county, city, and/or town and (3) zip code and/or geographic radius.
(6) Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website. The Tribe shall include in the design of its website all field search capabilities needed for full participation in the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website and shall participate in that website as provided by the Attorney General of the United States.
(b) Required and Prohibited Information.
(1) Required Information. The following information shall be made available to the public on the sex offender registry website:
(A) Notice that an offender is in violation of their registration requirements or cannot be located if the sex offender has absconded
(B) All sex offenses for which the sex offender has been convicted
(C) The sex offense(s) for which the offender is currently registered
(D) The address of the sex offender&rsquos employer(s)
(E) The name of the sex offender, including all aliases
(F) A current photograph of the sex offender
(G) A physical description of the sex offender
(H) The residential address and, if relevant, a description of a habitual residence of the sex offender
(I) All addresses of schools attended by the sex offender and
(J) The sex offender&rsquos vehicle license plate number along with a description of the vehicle.
(2) Prohibited Information. The following information shall not be available to the public on the sex offender registry website:
(A) Any arrest that did not result in conviction
(B) The sex offender&rsquos social security number
(C) Any travel and immigration documents
(D) The identity of the victim and
(E) Internet identifiers (as defined in 34 U.S.C. § 20911).
(3) Witness Protection. For sex offenders who are under a witness protection program, the tribal police may honor the request of the United States Marshals Service or other agency responsible for witness protection by not including the original identity of the offender on the publicly accessible sex offender registry website.
History: Tribal Act #10-28.2164, enacted by Tribal Council on July 21, 2010. As amended by Tribal Council motion on October 29, 2014 and by Tribal Council motion on January 31, 2018.