"LANSING — The arrest of a man convicted of sex crimes involving children — a man on the Michigan State Police’s most-wanted fugitives list for failing to register as a sex offender in 2007 — has given rise to questions about how well the state and law enforcement are monitoring and searching for wanted sex offenders."The Police couldn't find the sex offender hiding in plain sight, and working at a daycare, but a blogger tracked him down using FaceBook. That info was then turned over to the police which led to the arrest.
"The city of Lansing, in August of 2009, accepted a grant of nearly $900,000 from the federal government. That grant, according to a resolution accepting the cash, stipulated the money would be used to pay the salaries of four community police officers, one of whom was to “monitor registered sex offenders in the community.Perhaps the cops are hanging out with dead tree journalists too much, and should take a lesson from the "new media."
