Salt River Police Department SORNA Program

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (AWA) authorizes the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) to administer grants to assist states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and tribal jurisdictions in developing and/or enhancing sex offender registration and notification programs that support substantial implementation of Title I of the AWA, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). SORNA was enacted to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and offenders against children by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration of those offenders.

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community will use AWA funding to continue substantial implementation of immediate transfer of information, compliance with offenses that must be included in the registry, tiered offenses, required registration information and penalty for absconders, website maintenance and community notification. ca/ncf