Merseyside police failing to monitor sex offenders, says watchdog

‘Seriously overstretched’ force had ‘startling’ backlog of visits, inspectors find

High-risk sex offenders in Merseyside are not being visited enough by a “seriously overstretched” police force, a watchdog has found.

Merseyside police’s sex offender unit, responsible for child protection, had a backlog of almost 100 overdue visits to registered sex offenders. Inspectors found that poor communication meant neighbourhood officers often did not know where sex offenders lived.

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