Thanks for posting this! I just found out there's one about two blocks from my house. Yeah, won't be trick or treating at THAT place.

I keep hearing people say they won't trick or treat because you don't know who you might run into, and I think this site is wonderful to help out with that. I personally am more comfortable with stuff like this and checking before TorTing than I am with going to something like a church/community gathering where anyone can show up.

And I agree on thank you for posting this, it's incredibly important information.

Has there been any research on this being a legitimate, proven site? A few months ago everyone was making a huge deal about another website that did the same thing, and it turned out to be a complete fake. Although I very much want to keep kids away from offenders, I also don't want innocent people being labeled because some Google map said so.

It's not a google map website. FamilyWatchdog, from what I've seen, is a highly reputable site.

wow thanks so much for posting this! I found about 3 a few blocks from the house and 1 where my daughter gets dropped off from school.

In California you can go to http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/
Its the government listing of the sex offenders

I always take my little sisters trick or treating and I may seem totally paranoid but I always stand like 4 steps behind them. Most people in my neighboorhood stand on the sidewalk.

I would rather be safe than sorry, is my opinion

Family Watchdog is a reliable site. It's often cited on newscasts. Fortunately we live close to a school and a playground so we have a buffer zone.

I actually already went on this site,my local news was talking about it the other day, I am so freaked out to know that sex offenders live so close to my house. thanks for posting this. the scary thing is what if people don't visit this website and go to the houses,how are the police going to know that they were participating? I really don't know too much about it

In my town they have Pretty much every cop on the force driving around everywhere and patroling everything. There are about 90,000 people in my town so thats a lot of area to cover lol

Thanks for posting this. I've already checked it out!

Thanks for posting this. I've already checked it out!

This is also a useful tool if you are moving! Thanks - babysugar.

Thanks for this. Happy to find no red squares on our planned route.

This is very informative and helpful

I like that you can see where they work also, will be avoiding those businesses.

Ours doesn't show place of work for our area. I'm guessing California also doesn't have a law about them not living within a certain range of schools, either. There's like 5 within a block of my husband's school, which makes me very sad.