Sex Offender Compliance Mission Concludes

Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies, spearheaded by the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Apprehension Team with support from the U.S. Marshals Service and Oregon State Police, recently combined their efforts during Operation Liger. The mission’s priority was to target non-compliant sex offenders residing in Washington County. Oregon law requires registered sex offenders to comply with all sex offender laws and registration requirements.

Operation Liger resulted in 189 sex offender compliance checks conducted within Washington County from June 1 to July 27, 2024. The operation focused on conducting compliance checks on sex offenders at their last reported residence and investigating and locating non-compliant sex offenders. Non-compliant sex offenders include individuals who violate their sex offender registration requirements.

Ten of the 189 compliance checks resulted in the offender no longer residing at their reported residence. The checks also revealed 24 sex offenders being out of compliance, of which 21 resulted in arrests/citations charges for ORS 163A.040 – Failure to Report as Sex Offender. The other three are open investigations.

The Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals Service, and Oregon State Police all share the responsibility of supporting missions such as Operation Liger to lower the risk that non-compliant offenders pose to public safety and reduce the number of future incidents from reoccurring.

We thank both agencies for their partnership.

For additional information regarding sex offender reporting requirements, please visit the Oregon State Police Sex Offender Registration page.