A project underway in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Central Florida will put that type of information in map form for law enforcement agencies by next summer.
Public access is likely shortly after that.
School officials or day care center operators will be able to search their immediate neighborhoods for known sexual predators. Under state law, FDLE must notify schools and centers of any registered sex offender within a mile of their campus. This program will speed that process by printing out mailing labels to the schools to be notified. This project is a sign of the continued expansion of the Criminal Justice Department into the field of computer analysis of crimes. Another project is under way to automate the Brevard County sheriff's pawnshop reporting system, speeding efforts to track stolen goods.