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first published week of: 12/14/2015
Washington County has received requests from citizens and law enforcement to have names blocked from its new geographic information systems (GIS) website, but it is unclear if it is legal to do so.
Sheriff Mike Robinson has provided the assessor's office with names of law enforcement employees he wants removed from the website for security reasons. Those who search for those homes by address or parcel number will see the name blocked. That property information, however, can still be accessed by request at the assessor's office.
County supervisor Carl Lorenzen, District 4-Blair, told the county board Nov. 24 that citizens in the witness protection program and members of the military are especially in need of security. He said there are "a lot of us at risk" because of National Security Agency monitoring. continued…