Supply, N.C.-A man registered as a sex offender was picked up at a Brunswick County school Tuesday April 15th, 2014 with the help of new technology.
Fowler, a registered sex offender, was arrested by a School Resource Officer after his license alerted school officials he was illegally on the school campus.
All visitors are required to check in at the main office of a public school building through an electronic verification system. The CCSS Visitor Management System then logs visitors in and out, provides them a temporary identification sticker, and scans their drivers license or state identification card in order to cross reference the national sex-offender database.
That cross reference led police to arrest Fowler.
The school system says the visitor management system is just one of many other aspects of a comprehensive safety and security program.
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