The Registry

The online Sex Offender Registry is a friend of mine. After working on the Child Protection Team at Primary Children's Medical Center when I was in college, I became a little tweaked about assuming that the world was full of sickos and psychos - which is partly true. As a result, I now get emails if anyone who is currently registered on the Utah Sex Offender Registry moves within a 5 miles radius of my house.

Except the trouble is that instead of simply making me aware, I am also a little crazy. Yep, I admitted it. Like tonight for instance, when I received an "updated notification" email with two new people - one of whom is named Kunkel (which strikes me as ironic or odd or something....can't quite put my finger on it....perhaps it's too close to other words). The other has a huge red *non-compliant sex offender* notation on his profile. Hmmm....how is that supposed to make me feel? Doesn't exactly help you fall asleep, even if it was a relatively minor "non-compliance" issue (like not updating your address, as is this person's issue, according to the site).

So now I've got Kunkel and "Non-rule-follower" (although that should probably be self-evident considering the source and reason I am aware of this individual's existence) living within 5 miles of my house. While it's not close, it's also not far. I have read their profiles about the kinds of cars they drive, addresses, and notable physical features.

Perhaps I should stop getting the email updates. Or perhaps I need a bigger dog..... ;)