42.07.030 Community Notifications

(a) Whenever a sex offender registers or updates their information with the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registration department shall:

(1) Immediately notify the FBI and ensure the information is updated on National Sex Offender Registry,

(2) Immediately notify any agency, department, or program within the Tribe that is responsible for criminal investigation, prosecution, child welfare, or sex offender supervision functions, including but not limited to, police, whether BIA, tribal, or FBI, tribal prosecutors, and tribal probation.

(3) Immediately notify any and all other registration jurisdictions due to the sex offender's residency, school attendance, or employment, and

(4) Immediately notify National Child Protection Act agencies, which includes any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119a).

(b) The Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registry Department shall ensure there is an automated community notification process in place that ensures the following:

(1) Upon a sex offender's registration or update of information, the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registry department will update the public registry website immediately,

(2) Make Email notices available "if requested" to the general public, notifying them when a sex offender commences residence, employment, or school attendance with the Tribe, within a specified zip code, or within a certain geographic radius. This email notice shall include the sex offender's identity.

(3) Use other notifications such as: the Turtle Mountain Star, the Turtle Mountain Times, Community Notifications, School Notifications and flyers to notify the general public, and the surrounding communities of sex offenders who move onto or off of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian Reservation.

(4) All jurisdictions shall be notified when a sex offender is moving into their jurisdiction from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian Reservation within 3 business days. The National Sex Offender Pubic Web Site and the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Web site will be updated with the relevant information as well.