Every effort is made to confirm sex offenders are in compliance with the law.
Sweeps are an effective operational tool performed in collaboration with partnering federal, state, county and city law enforcement agencies to ensure registered sex offenders are in compliance.
Read more from local reports:
KEZI Channel 9 (July 13, 2022): "U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement sting sex offenders in Lane County"
KDRV Channel 12 (June 28, 2022): "Operation Copperhead bites 32 sex offenders for failure to report"
Washington County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page (June 19, 2022):"Operation Bobcat"
YouTube -Washington County Sheriff's Office (September 21, 2021):"‘Operation Oregon Lion’ Results in Nearly 1,000 Sex Offender Compliance Checks"
The Dalles Police Department Facebook Page (August 30, 2021): "Operation Oregon Crosswalk"
KTVZ Channel 21 (June 21, 2021): " 'Operation High Desert': Federal marshals lead Bend-area sex offender sweep"
KTVL Channel 10 (February 6, 2020): "Three-day sex offender sweep in Josephine County yields 15 non-compliant offenders"
Newport News Times (November 26, 2019): "Police Sweep Nets Multiple Arrests"
Pamplin Media Group:-HIllsboroNewsTimes (October 10, 2019): "Feds Say 37 Sex Offenders Arrested in Washington County Sting"
KCBY Channel 11 (October 10, 2019): "US Marshals target Oregon sex offenders in 'Operation Oregon Trail 3'"
KCBY Channel 11 (April 30, 2019): "Curry County authorities join US Marshals in sex offender sweep"
Hood River News (April 24, 2019): "Eight sex offenders found non-compliant in Hood River County"
KOIN6 News (October 5, 2018): "Officials do compliance checks with sex offenders"
Patch.com (September 7, 2018): "Sex Offender Mission Yields 37 Arrests: Sheriff"
NBC (August 21, 2018): "27 arrested during Josephine County sex offender sweep"
KMTR Channel 16 (June 11, 2018): "U.S. Marshals, local law enforcement conduct sex offender sweep in Lane County"
KPIC Channel 4 (September 4, 2017): "Law enforcement conducts sex offender sweep in Douglas County"
The Argus Observer (October 11, 2017): "Sex-offender stings make it ‘safer for everyone"
YamCo Watch-Facebook (March 3, 2017): "Sex Offender Sweep-Lane County"