The new hampshire department of safety will use award funds to: 1) digitize hard copy offender files to make information sharing more efficient, and 2) improve law enforcement collaboration by…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing awarded the New Hampshire Department of Safety $142,186 on March 1, 2026, under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to digitize hard-copy sex offender registry files and fund law enforcement overtime for in-person offender address verifications.

The recipient will purchase a high-speed scanner and use overtime hours for staff to prepare, scan, and save hard-copy offender files to a database portal, enabling immediate accessibility and transmission of information to state and federal law enforcement agencies, courts, and prisons. New Hampshire State Troopers will conduct in-person offender address verifications to consistently monitor and track sex offenders and ensure their registration compliance. The digitization effort will improve information sharing efficiency across jurisdictions and assist the New Hampshire Sex Offender Registry Unit in maintaining current and accurate offender data.

Performance occurs in Concord, New Hampshire, with a period of performance from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029.

The new hampshire department of safety will use award funds to: 1) digitize hard copy offender files to make information sharing more efficient, and 2) improve law enforcement collaboration by supplementing overtime details for NH state troopers to conduct in-person offender address verifications to consistently monitor and track SEX offenders and ensure their registration.digitized files will enable information to be immediately accessible and transmitted to various entities, improving efficiency and information sharing by state and federal law enforcement agencies, courts, and prisons. The NH SOR unit will purchase a high-speed scanner and utilize overtime hours for staff to prepare, scan, and save the hard copy files to a portal in the database. This will assist NH SOR in obtaining current and accurate offender information and data to share with other jurisdictions.