The minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) is the central repository for all predatory offender records in the state.funding will support the transition of certain functionalities from…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking awarded $224,363 to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety on March 1, 2026, under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to modernize the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's sex offender registry and information-sharing infrastructure.

Funding supports transition of registry functionalities from legacy systems to newer technologies to increase capacity and efficiency in collecting and sharing sex offender information with local jurisdictions, federal agencies, and cross-database networks. Specific deliverables include investigative search tools enabling law enforcement to map offender residence, employment, and school locations; management capabilities for web postings when offenders become non-compliant; and accelerated processing of prosecution packets to facilitate accountability actions. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety will procure a business analyst, quality assurance analyst, and developer to execute this work.

Performance will occur in St. Paul, Minnesota, over a 36-month period ending February 28, 2029.

The minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) is the central repository for all predatory offender records in the state.funding will support the transition of certain functionalities from older technologies to newer ones, which will increase the capacity and efficiency of the tools and technologies BCA uses to collect information about SEX offenders and share IT with relevant jurisdictions locally and with federal agencies and across databases. Some of the specific functionalities to be built include investigative searches that law enforcement partners can use to investigate and map where offenders work, live and go to school, making IT possible for BCA staff to manage web postings when offenders become non-compliant, and faster processing of prosecution packets ensuring non-compliant offenders can be held accountable. Through a procurement contract, BCA will fund a business analyst, quality assurance analyst and a developer to carry out this work.