Mass. loses track of over 1,700 sex offenders - Cambridge reacts
Channel: Boston University News Service
Date: 2017-10-29

by Cara Zimmerman  & Ashley Barquin

CAMBRIDGE – Residents were confused and shocked to learn that the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board recently lost track of over 1,700 offenders. 

A report released by Auditor Suzanne Bump last month noted that the Sex Offender Registry Board did not have addresses for 1,769 sex offenders and that it lacked adequate policies and procedures to ensure sex offenders are “classified in a timely manner.” The board had records for almost 22,000 convicted sex offenders at the time of the audit.