More sex offenders than we thought

The number of registered sex offenders living in Kootenai County's two largest cities is greater than The Press reported in a story published before Halloween.

The inaccurate numbers - 80 offenders in Post Falls and 16 in Coeur d'Alene - were provided by the Idaho Sheriff's Association's online sex offender search tool.

A similar online search offered on the Idaho State Police website showed on Thursday that there are actually 87 registered sex offenders living in Post Falls, and 147 in Coeur d'Alene.

Tammara Slater, programs manager with the Idaho Sheriff's Association, told media by email that the conflicting counts on her organization's website were the result of data entry issues.

"Since this was brought to our attention, the company, Watch Systems, has corrected the issue," Slater wrote. "An address verification tool has been added to the Offender Watch program which will catch spelling anomalies in the future."