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When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the cases filed by the Barton County Attorney’s Office and work of the 20th Judicial District, it’s been a mixed bag, County Attorney Levi Morris said.
“Obviously, you can’t talk about 2020 without COVID,” he said, giving a report to county commissioners Monday morning. While the virus didn’t rock the case-filing boat a whole lot, it did shut down jury trials and cause other judicial delays and backlogs.
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE BCSO conducts registered offender canvas Registered Offender canvas
In an effort to ensure compliance and foster public safety, the Barton County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a canvas of all registered sex offenders, drug offenders and violent crime offenders in Barton County.
BCSO maintains a public database known as KSORT (Kansas Offender Registration Tool) on the Kansas Bureau of Investigation web page. The database is open to the public and has various features including mapping, which allows the public to see where registered offenders live.
Citizens may also sign up for automatic email alerts in the event an offender moves into their neighborhood. KSORT is available on the Barton County web page under the Sheriff’s drop-down tab that reads “Registered Offender Search.” BCSO has about 160 registered offenders on file.