A no-cost course titled "Managing Sex Offenders' Computer Use: A 2-Day Technical Training for Probation and Parole Officers," is offered at 10 sites per year through the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC). The course offers probation and parole officers the tools and skills to be computer savvy and track the activities of an offender who may be much more technologically astute. The NLECTC--Rocky Mountain is a program of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. The program provides a comprehensive set of skills and tools for probation and parole officers to manage and monitor offenders' behavior on the Internet, identify parole violations, and prevent the commission of future crimes. The program can be taken on the road and offered at no cost to any agency with access to a computer lab and a commitment to implementing a computer monitoring program. More than 440 officers in 16 States have taken the training.
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