MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County schools are installing computer software that alerts staff to any visitor who is on a sex offender registry.The V-soft program by Houston-based Raptor Technologies was tried at three schools last year, then school officials bought it for all 51 schools.
An office assistant scans the driver's license of all visitors into the program. If a person's name and photo match a sex offender on any registry nationwide, the system alerts the operator. If the office assistant verifies the match, a text message is sent to school security officers, who go to the office.
Schools security director Gary Gitchell told The Commercial Appeal the system so far has found one sex offender who had no reason to be at a school. He was arrested.
reported by chron.com
