Dec
31
Week of January 1, 2010
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BRAD’S BLOG: A New Year’s Message … R.I.P. Len Davis … IN THE NEWS: ‘VVEDA audit uncovers error’ … ‘Legislation would set pair of national monuments’ … ‘SB County looking at solar, wind proposals’ … (Copyright 2009 – Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, 12127 Mall Blvd., Suite A, Victorville, CA 92392 www.joinbrad.com) … ‘Path to a Trauma Center’ … ‘Funding from Mitzelfelt Gets Nurses Trained and into Workforce’ … ‘Recovery Corporation Reaches Milestone’ … ‘New fire station a work in cooperation, collaboration’ … ‘County Launches Offender Watch Program’ … ‘S.B. County joins Offender Watch, which notifies the public about sex offenders’ … Happy New Year!
Dec
31
A New Year’s Message
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By Brad Mitzelfelt
It was a challenging but ultimately successful year for San Bernardino County government in 2009, marked by great difficulties and significant accomplishments.
Much of the economic news, especially early in the year, was downright grim. In the past six months, however, it is clear that we not only survived the crisis, but the roots of recovery have firmly taken hold.
While most local governments were hammered by the plunge in tax revenues and staggering budget deficits in Sacramento, the County managed to maintain existing levels of fire protection, law enforcement and other essential public services while cutting $80 million from our budget.
Despite those challenges, we accomplished a great deal. A partial list of projects that were completed in 2009 include: new fire stations in Hesperia and Phelan, a new library in Phelan, the first phase of expanding the Barstow Sheriffís station, dedication of the new Veterans Memorial Park in Wrightwood, and expansion of the Lucerne Valley fire station, among others. Now is the perfect time to build such projects because construction costs are low and the County is using reserve capital infrastructure funds. This ensures the best value for the taxpayers while putting people to work in construction jobs.
The County also teamed up with the City of Hesperia to build a new city/county fire station and regional training center. We also broke ground on the new High Desert Government Center, which will provide residents with a single, central location to access County services. It is due to be complete later this year.
It was especially exciting for the County to be able to acquire the Victor Valley Museum, which means this historical and cultural treasure will be around to educate and enlighten future generations at minimal cost to the taxpayer.
There is no one more optimistic and bullish about the future of this County, and the High Desert region in particular, than I am. That optimism is tempered by the reality that, although the economic crisis has clearly bottomed, there are major challenges ahead.
We are already starting to see some limited job creation in the Inland Empire and the jobless rate has finally ticked down a bit. But it is still at 13.8 percent in San Bernardino County and 16.8 percent in the High Desert. The County could see a $90 million shortfall next fiscal year, which we will address through further cost reductions, efficiencies and seeking continued cooperation from our employee associations.
The private sector will drive the recovery, but County government does have a role in creating a climate for business to thrive and constructing the infrastructure necessary to sustain our long-term competitiveness. The High Desert is known for having business-friendly local governments and I will continue working with all local governments to ensure this continues.
Next July, I will likely be seated as president of San Bernardino Associated Governments, the regional transportation agency, and will have the opportunity to lead the Countyís efforts to bring more jobs and mobility to the region. This past year I led the successful fight by mountain and desert jurisdictions to more than triple the amount of stimulus dollars for local streets and roads.
Construction could begin this year on one or more of the three top-priority projects in the Victor Valley ñ the La Mesa/Nisqualli interchange in Victorville, the Yucca Loma Bridge in Apple Valley ñ which in tandem with the new interchange will create an east-west alternative to congested Bear Valley Road ñ and the Ranchero Road Interchange at I-15.
The biggest transportation project in the pipeline is a complete reconstruction of the Devore interchange where Interstates 15 and 215 come together. Long a nightmare for High Desert commuters, that project is expected to be under construction by 2013.
My district covers much of the Mojave Desert, a precious economic and environmental resource. I will continue leading local government efforts to ensure future economic activities will remain in the Mojave Desert in the face of unprecedented efforts to expand renewable energy, conservation set-asides and military base expansions. Economic development and environmental protection can coexist and I am committed to achieving a reasonable and sustainable balance.
We will expand efforts by our Economic Development Agency and Workforce Development Department to help residents and businesses through the downturn and position them to benefit as the recovery picks up steam. We have already had great success. At my request, the County funded several training programs and this past year we graduated classes of nurses and aircraft mechanics. These are well-paying careers in growth industries and the kind of jobs the County must support.
As we head into 2010, challenges remain but the opportunities are great. I have helped see the County through tough times before, and I will do it again with the help of our Countyís outstanding employees.
I continue to pledge my very best efforts over the next year ñ and throughout my term ñ on behalf of the taxpayers and all citizens of San Bernardino County. It is an honor to serve you.
Happy New Year!
Brad Mitzelfelt represents the First District on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.
Dec
27
‘VVEDA audit uncovers error’
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- $376,741 Victorville accounting error to be split between local cities -
Victorville has agreed to pay a total of $376,741 back to the members of Victor Valley Economic Development Authority after an independent audit uncovered an accounting error from more than two years ago.
Roughly half of that total will actually go back to Victorville per the VVEDA distribution policy, with the rest split between Apple Valley, Hesperia, Adelanto and San Bernardino County.
The error was found when Brad Mitzelfelt, 1st District supervisor for the county and chairman of the agency created to redevelop the area surrounding the former George Air Force Base, called for transferring the treasury function for VVEDA from Victorville to Apple Valley. The board approved the move, with concern over Victorville having received no opinion on its 2007 audit, and Apple Valley then hired an independent auditor to ensure everything was accurately transferred. … (continued below)…
…From the Daily Press, Dec. 27, 2009, By Brooke Edwards, Staff Writer (Continued below)…
… Local accountant Jennifer Starbuck performed the audit back to July 1, 2006, and found a few errors during that fiscal year in how Victorville had reported losses on investments and interest credited to the member agencies.
The majority of the discrepancy — or $309,447 worth — resulted from Victorville backdating transactions and therefore short-changing all of the member agencies out of nearly five months’ interest income on some $21 million.
Starbuck said the error would’ve been easier to catch and trace had the VVEDA cash funds been segregated from Victorville’s other pooled accounts. Since the cash accounts were comingled, she said it was a little more complicated to unravel. However, she said the dating error was caught and fixed by Victorville’s finance team for the 2007-08 fiscal year.
William Pattison, finance director for Apple Valley and the new treasurer for VVEDA, said there are no plans to go back and see if that same error took place in VVEDA’s previous 13 years as an agency with more money potentially owed to the member cities.
“I’m not really worried about it,” Pattison said, instead comfortable with relying on the fact that Victorville had clean audits of its own finances prior to the 2006-07 fiscal year.
Brooke Edwards may be reached at (760) 955-5358 or at bedwards@VVDailyPress.com.
Dec
21
‘Legislation would set pair of national monuments’
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday introduced legislation that would establish two new national monuments in the Mojave Desert and set aside nearly 1.5 million acres of public land for preservation.
The California Desert Protection Act of 2010, if passed, would create the Mojave Trails National Monument, which would protect about 941,000 acres, including 266,000 acres of former railroad easements, along historic Route 66 between Ludlow and Needles. … (continued below) …
… From The Sun, Dec. 21, 2009, By Joe Nelson, Staff Writer …(continued below) …
… In addition, it would establish the Sand to Snow National Monument, which would encompass 134,000 acres of land from the desert floor in the Coachella Valley to the peak of Mount San Gorgonio.
Feinstein’s bill would help protect crucial wildlife corridors for the desert tortoise and bighorn sheep and shimmering desert landscape.
“Our desert parks are places of remarkable beauty, rich cultural history, and profound ecological importance,” said Michael Cipra, program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association.
The bill builds off Feinstein’s 1994 legislation that set aside 7 million acres of desert land and established Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks and the Mojave National Preserve.
The new legislation would add nearly 74,000 acres of new land to the national parks and the national preserve. It would also designate as wilderness about 250,000 acres of public land near the Army’s training center at Fort Irwin.
The bill also designates as permanent four off highway vehicle (OHV) areas. At the Johnson Valley OHV area near Twentynine Palms, the Marines have agreed to consider an option for base expansion that would allow for an exclusive military use area, an exclusive OHV area and a joint use area.
Dan Smuts, senior deputy regional director for the The Wilderness Society, said the sweeping legislation would protect an area nearly twice the size of Yosemite National Park, and would designate nearly 76 miles of waterways as wild and scenic rivers. They include the Deep Creek and Whitewater River near the San Bernardino National Forest and the Amargosa River and Surprise Canyon Creek near Death Valley National Park.
The second part of Feinstein’s bill is geared toward the streamlining of the federal permitting process for renewable energy projects. It would, among other things, expedite the application process for solar development on private lands and require the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service and the military to complete environmental impact statements on their programs to develop renewable energy on the lands they oversee.
Shannon Eddy, spokeswoman for the Sacramento-based Large Scale Solar Association, said she had not yet reviewed Feinstein’s proposed legislation and therefore could not comment.
James Conkle, founder of the Route 66 Alliance, said the bill will likely increase the amount of tourism on Route 66 from Needles to Barstow and breathe new life into sleepy desert pass-throughs like Amboy, Essex, Ludlow and Goffs. It could revitalize business and spur the re-opening of gas stations, motels and restaurants.
Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, whose district spans most of the High Desert, is concerned about the economic impacts the two proposed national monuments can have on the mining industry in the desert.
He embraces the legislation in how it protects OHV areas and other types of recreation like rock collecting and horseback riding and how it aims to harness future renewable energy projects.
“If this legislation passes, it will be a significant step toward drawing the line where remaining development in the Mojave Desert can occur and where it can’t,” said Mitzelfelt. “I fear legislation like this may be necessary because of the influx of renewable energy plants.”
Link to online article: http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_14044794?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com
Dec
19
‘SB County looking at solar, wind proposals’
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San Bernardino County is seeking to create renewable energy projects on county landfills.
County officials are hoping solar or wind energy will help provide another source of revenue while also meeting state goals to increase the use of renewable energy. … (continued below) …
… From The Press-Enterprise, Dec. 19, 2009, By Imran Ghori … (continued below) …
… The county is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors who would be responsible for building and maintaining the projects on one of its 37 properties that are part of the solid waste department.
An information meeting for contractors will be held Jan. 6 with proposals due Jan. 20, said Granville Bowman, county public works director.
The county would decide which proposals to pursue after reviewing the applications.
Potential bidders are expected to have experience with renewable energy, having completed at least one, provide a financial plan and timeline for construction, and take responsibility for getting the necessary environmental clearances.
A March 2008 study commissioned by the county found significant potential for large-scale and smaller-scale solar, wind and biomass energy projects at several county sites.
The county has some of the “highest solar potential” in the country, mostly up in the High Desert, where high temperatures create enough solar radiation to power such projects, according to the study.
In the San Bernardino Valley and surrounding mountains, the area has enough high sustained wind speeds to also make wind projects promising, the study found. Lastly, landfills already produce biomass energy, commonly made up of dead trees and other forest residue that generate heat.
The report identifies nine sites that have enough land and are near power transmission lines that would make it easy to connect to a commercial grid.
Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, who represents the High Desert, said he looks forward to seeing what kind of projects will be proposed.
“I think this is a really good opportunity to see if we could find multiple uses for these assets,” he said.
Reach Imran Ghori at 951-368-9558 or ighori@PE.com
Link to online article: http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_N_nenergy20.46984b0.html
Dec
16
‘Path to a Trauma Center’
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SAN BERNARDINO – The Victor Valley’s population growth next year could justify the first steps toward building a local trauma center within five years, and St. Mary Medical Center officials have started work on a feasibility plan to create just such a hospital. … (continued below) …

DAVID PARDO, DAILY PRESS BUSY EMERGENCY ROOM: Medical personnel make their way around the emergency room that‘s filled to capacity at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley on Tuesday. St. Mary's is working on a plan to create a trauma center within the next five years.
… From the Daily Press, Dec. 16, 2009, By Natasha Lindstrom, Staff Writer … (continued below) …
… On Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors received a county-commissioned study on the need for a trauma center in the High Desert. The report by the Abaris Group asserts that San Bernardino County’s trauma needs are being fully met by two trauma centers with room for higher capacity, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton and Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda.
While the High Desert’s needs are currently being met, the study — which county and health officials call a groundbreaking step toward a High Desert trauma center — reports within the next year the High Desert will have the typical 600 annual trauma cases to sustain a trauma center. And by 2017 the High Desert caseload is expected to balloon to 1,200.
“This document actually starts to back up that concern of the constituents that live here in the Victor Valley,” Victorville Councilman Ryan McEachron said. “It doesn’t mean we needed it yesterday or today, but we will need one in the near future.”
Heeding close attention to the study’s concerns, St. Mary Medical Center officials are working on a three- to five-year feasibility plan to grow a trauma center either at their site in Apple Valley or on newly acquired land on the west side of Interstate 15 in Victorville.
Top challenges include recruiting on-call specialty physicians, supporting the required costs and resources and not diluting patients and revenue at the county’s two existing trauma centers. In the past 25 years, at least 25 trauma centers have closed down in California, according to the study.
“The last thing we want to do is open one, watch it fail and then have no interest in this venture for many years,” said 1st District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, who’s long pushed for a trauma center in the High Desert.
Trauma centers often shut down because of the inability to retain on-call specialists and sustainable revenues amid low reimbursement rates — key challenges St. Mary’s will be addressing over the next few years.
St. Mary has also been building recognition to attract on-call physicians through such recent ventures as their da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery system and becoming one of the county’s five STEMI heart attack receiving centers. St. Mary’s master plan includes adding 53 new hospital beds within two years, eight to 10 new ED beds, making patient flow more efficient and more.
“We’re fully aware of what it takes to make a program financially viable and working well,” said St. Mary’s CEO Jason Barker.
The most critical component to trauma centers — and what High Desert hospitals lack today — is a “guaranteed immediate response of medical specialists,” according to said Virginia Hastings, executive director of the Inland Counties Emergency Medical Services Agency. The High Desert in particular has a shortage of orthopedic and neurosurgeons, with the study citing just one neurosurgeon in the entire High Desert region.
“While all of the three hospitals out there (in the Victor Valley) have excellent emergency departments with an emergency physician on duty, the trauma center will also have a surgeon in house and anesthesiologist and critical medical specialties on call, usually within 30 minutes,” Hastings said.
Trauma centers must abide by strict response time frames and always have available an in-house surgeon and operating room dedicated to trauma patients, in addition to immediate access to a blood bank and various testing results.
“Once you address the physician issue and the space issue,” Hastings said, “it’s a system of organizing an immediate response throughout the entire hospital.”
The Board of Supervisors awarded the $98,855 contract to the Abaris Group to conduct the trauma center study in January 2009.
Natasha Lindstrom may be reached at (760) 951-6232 or at nlindstrom@VVDailyPress.com.
Dec
6
‘Funding from Mitzelfelt Gets Nurses Trained and into Workforce’
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VICTORVILLE – Thanks to funding provided by San Bernardino County First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt to expand the Victor Valley College nursing program, scores of Victor Valley College students graduated today and are ready to start careers in the health care profession. … (continued below) …
… From Best Syndication News, December 6, 2009, Submitted by David Zook (continued below) …
… “After the economic crisis we’ve endured, it’s gratifying that the funding provided two years ago has paid off with these dedicated young people ready to enter the work force as health care professionals,” said Supervisor Mitzelfelt. “I want to congratulate them for their hard work and commitment. I know their future patients will be in excellent hands.”
In 2007, Supervisor Mitzelfelt provided $150,000 to double the size of the well-regarded Victor Valley College nursing program by funding training for 40 nurses. Historically, more than 93 percent of graduates from the Victor Valley College program have passed the licensing examination on the first try.
At a ceremony Friday evening, the students received pins at a graduation ceremony at the First Assembly of God Church in Victorville.
In remarks to the graduates, Supervisor Mitzelfelt commended them for their desire to help others, and also pointed out that health care is a growth industry. Nursing provides the type of well-paying jobs that will be instrumental in a sustainable and robust economic future for the High Desert, he said.
It is estimated that San Bernardino County needs 2,000 additional nurses by 2012.
“These professionals are embarking on careers that will improve the quality of health care throughout the region, and they also represent a significant step in spurring economic growth in the High Desert,” Supervisor Mitzelfelt said. “Not only will they be helping their patients, they should now be able to buy houses and purchase goods and services that will help create even more jobs.”
Link to online article: http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=node/38536
Dec
4
‘Recovery Corporation Reaches Milestone’
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The Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corporation (IEERC), a public-private The Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corporation (IEERC), a public-private partnership envisioned and established last January by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, is proudly handing over keys to the happy family that will occupy the group’s first remodeled home. … (continued below) …
… From Best Syndication News, Dec. 4, 2009, Submitted by Staff … (continued below) …
… IEERC purchased the Rialto home for $67,000 after it had fallen into foreclosure. The home received about $21,000 in renovations including a new kitchen, flooring, bath improvements and landscaping. The home sold for $110,000, which equates to about a 10% return on the investment. The proceeds will be reinvested into IEERC to purchase, rehab, and sell other foreclosed homes in the region.
“This home sale is a major milestone for the Recovery Corporation, and I’m really looking forward to congratulating the new homeowners and welcoming them to their new neighborhood,” said Second District Supervisor Paul Biane, who championed the creation of IEERC to address the region’s foreclosure crisis. “This is a big step, but it’s also the first of many. The Recovery Corporation is continuing to raise private capital and seek other foreclosed homes that can be rehabbed and resold to owner-occupants who will have a vested interest in maintaining the properties.”
First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, who also sits on the Board of the partnership, shared similar sentiments. “I am truly thrilled for the new homeowners, the affected neighborhood and the partnership and I join them all in celebrating this first success,” Mitzelfelt said. “We have many communities, neighborhoods and families that will benefit and gain further stability from the partnership’s localized approach to managing the recovery of our own neighborhoods.”
Several other homes throughout the County are already in various stages of acquisition and renovation and the group continues to move forward in discussions with the banking industry towards larger bulk acquisitions of foreclosed properties.
“We hope to increase the scale of recovery in our neighborhoods by increasing the number of foreclosure purchases for renovation and resale,” said Bob Hooker, IEERC’s Executive Director. “As we expand, the regional workforce also wins. The more homes we can get moving through our renovation system, the more we can also increase the number of local contractors and agencies we put back to work.”
A key-passing ceremony is scheduled to take place in front of the home in Rialto on Saturday, Dec. 5th at 10 a.m.
In addition to purchasing, rehabilitating and selling foreclosed homes, IEERC has also hosted about a half a dozen home foreclosure prevention seminars to help homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. The events give homeowners an opportunity to have face-to-face contact with representatives from their mortgage companies or housing counselors.
The next IEERC home foreclosure prevention seminar is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Central Park Community Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
The Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corporation is a non-profit, public-private partnership formed to stabilize the regional economy through local management of foreclosed properties. The partners include many regional public and private leaders from both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and meetings are open to the public.
For more information regarding the Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corporation, contact Executive Director Bob Hooker at (909) 723-8323. or visit www.IEERC.com.
Link to online article: http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=20091204_inland_empire+economic_recovery_corporation.htm
Dec
1
‘New fire station a work in cooperation, collaboration’
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- Fire Station #305 is dedicated Monday afternoon; state-of-the-art facility finished on time -
Cooperation and collaboration between the city, county and San Bernardino County Fire Department has created a joint project of historic proportions and importance, according to officials at Monday’s dedication of Fire Station #305.
“This is the example of good government,” County Fire Chief Pat Dennen said of the $6.7 million, state-of-the-art facility. “I’m glad to be a part of history, and that is exactly what it is.” … (continued below) …

… From the Hesperia Star, Dec. 1, 2009, By Peter Day, Editor … (continued below) …
… Local dignitaries were in complete agreement with the assessment of the county’s top firefighter.
“Just like Chief Dennen said, this is historic,” said Assemblyman Anthony Adams.
“It’s an example of what can happen when agencies come together.”
Not only is the 18,478-square-foot facility the largest fire station in San Bernardino County, but the project was conceived, designed and constructed extremely quickly. Monday’s event, which included tours of the station, came “one year, one week and one day from groundbreaking,” according to Hesperia City Manager Mike Podegracz, who served as event master of ceremonies.
The station, which is located on Caliente Road near Joshua Street and the I-15 freeway, will provide fire protection services to residents of Hesperia and Oak Hills. Both incorporated and unincorporated areas will receive service. Initially, it will host one paramedic fire engine and eventually serve as the County Fire Department’s North Desert Division headquarters.
“It will mean improved response times throughout the region,” said First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt.
The station cost an estimated $4.5 million less to build than it would have in previous times due to the construction downturn, which resulted in lower construction-related costs, according to public information officer Tracy Martinez.
Mayor Thurston “Smitty” Smith noted that if the city funded a similar project by itself, the result would be only have the size. Working together was cost-effective, and area residents will benefit as a result, Smith said.
“They were on time and under budget on this one,” Smith added.
Percy Bakker, a former Hesperia mayor, had one word for the facility: “Spectacular!”
He recalled lending a hand in the building of Hesperia’s Olive Street station more than 30 years ago.
“There’s some fond memories,” Bakker said. “It’s quite a revelation to think back 35 years. It [the Olive Street Station] was the top of the line.”
Others on hand at the event included numerous top fire officials, Hesperia City Councilmembers Ed Pack, Rita Vogler and Mike Leonard along with representatives of the Oak Hills Property Owners Association and the Zone J Advisory Board.
Built with the area’s growth in mind, the new station features 14 dorm rooms and four equipment bays for fire safety vehicles. The features impressed those who toured the facility, especially the firefighters and retired firefighters on hand.
“I think I’m going back to work,” kidded Leonard, a retired Hesperia fire captain who was elected to the Hesperia City Council in 2004.
Link to online article: http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/fire-3067-collaboration-cooperation.html
Dec
1
‘County Launches Offender Watch Program’
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-Improves Tracking of Sex Offenders-
San Bernardino, CA – A new program designed to allow the public to track registered sex offenders — Offender Watch — has been launched by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops and Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt participated in a press conference announcing the launch of the new Offender Watch program. (Photo by G.T. Houts.) … (continued below) …

… From Rimoftheworld.net … (continued below) …
… “It’s a lot different than Megan’s Law,” Sheriff Rod Hoops explained during a press conference at Sheriff’s headquarters in San Bernardino, “because it allows citizens to register to receive the latest information about sex offenders in their neighborhood.”
The interactive database — available at Offender Watch — provides up-to-date information on registered sex offenders and the ability to sign up for e-mail updates. For residents who register, the program will automatically send an e-mail notification if a sex offender moves into their neighborhood.
Jim Black, program coordinator for Offender Watch as part of the Crimes Against Children Unit, explained ways the public can benefit by utilizing the new software program available online.
“The information is accurate to the minute it’s entered into the system,” program coordinator Jim Black stated, “and offers safety tips and important contact information.”
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has a compliance rate of more than 98 percent for the more than 2,700 registered sex offenders in its jurisdiction. In fact, the program shows 108 offenders currently in non-compliance.
From Cedarpines Park to Big Bear Valley there are just over 60 registered sex offenders shown on the Offender Watch program. All are currently in compliance with registration requirements.
“I want to encourage all county residents to log on to the Sheriff’s website,” Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt stated, “click on Offender Watch, and explore the new capabilities to keep your families safe.
“It’s a great new tool,” the First District Supervisor concluded.
Link to online article: http://www.rimoftheworld.net/4462
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