CLEVELAND -- Ohio sheriffs want to get the word out faster about sex offenders.

Officials can automatically send e-mails to residents when a registered sex offender moves into their neighborhood.

Residents can sign up through the attorney general's Web site or through a county sheriff's site.

Sheriff's departments had been required to send out notification cards to anyone living within a 1,000-foot radius of a registered offender.

An electronic database of registered Ohio sex offenders was created. The site has a mapping feature for four northeast Ohio counties.

Search for sexual offenders in your community. You can also sign up for the e-mail alert.