In an effort to ensure compliance and foster public safety, the Barton County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a canvas of all registered sex offenders, drug offenders and violent crime offenders in Barton County for the next few weeks, Sheriff Brian Bellendir announced.

The Sheriff’s Office maintains a public database known as KSORT on the KBI webpage. The database is open to the public and has various features, including mapping, that 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 webpage under the Sheriff’s drop-down tab that reads “Registered Offender Search”.

Sheriff’s Deputies are going to the addresses reported on offenders’ data sheets and making contact with them to ensure compliance with the terms of their required registration. If an offender is found not to be compliant, a report will be submitted to the Barton County Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

At this time there are 214 registered offenders in the Barton County: 81 sex offenders. 95 drug offenders and 18 violent offenders. Nine of these offenders are currently in jail. 

Anyone with questions or concerns may contact the Records Division at the Barton County Sheriff’s Office, 620-793-1876.