Take a gander outside your window. What do you see? Possibly an ideal suburb setting with rich lawns of green, aged trees, the sun beaming down, and families walking their dogs on the sidewalk. This is fairly common here in the states. That's exactly what I see out my window.

But, I don't let the facade fool me. While this community may appear to be safe and ideal in many ways, I know that certain evil lurks beneath the perfectly manicured lawns and smiling faces. This is the sad truth of it all. You can hardly escape the dark aspects of the world, regardless of where you choose to reside. Evil is amongst us and it's in your neighborhood as well as mine. Maybe it's time you did a local criminal background check and found out how close that evil really is. Knowing is half the battle.

I'm like most suburbanites. I have a job, a wife, a few kids and a mini-van. Life is great for the most part. I feel very fortunate most of the time. However, this doesn't mean that I choose to remain clueless. I understand quite well that not all is safe and hunky dory with the world. There are dangers out there that I need to prepare for. Dangers that I need to prepare my children for. One way I do this is with the online criminal background check. It's offered for free in my county and I take full advantage of that. So this is basically how it works; you're informed of all registered sex offenders in your county.

You can even find out which ones live within a specific number of miles from your home. I did 15. To my surprise, three registered sex offenders lived near by. Thankfully none of them reside in my particular development. I definitely don't want sexual deviants for neighbors. Anyway, you can even go as far as finding out exactly what the sex offenders were convicted of and seeing their mug shots. This way you will have a mental picture of who to be wary of.

Use the online criminal background check feature to see who's in your neck of the woods. These services will even send you updates when new registered sex offenders move in. It's time to protect the people you care about by getting in-the-know. Especially those who cannot defend themselves.