A new sex offender law reveals places where sex offenders are living that a lot of families don't know about. The law requires police to register all offenders. Lately, officers say they have had quite a few homeless offenders giving addresses in Midtown between 31st and 45th Streets and from Peoria east to a little past Lewis.

Police have received several e-mails from neighbors, asking for more patrols. You would think in a nice neighborhood, there would be a park nearby. But, there isn't. So, a sex offender can legally live there.

Police say since November first, they have had 11 homeless sex offenders come in to register, many with a Midtown address. A few have also put down addresses around the 83-hundred block of South Harvard. We found one of them online. He simply gives a general block number and street name.

Judy Bailey lives in the Midtown area. She had no idea a sex offender could legally live there, let alone a homeless offender.

"Homeless sex offenders, they've been kicked out of places where they were apparently," she says.

The 'two-thousand foot' law has made it tougher. But, police say the homeless offenders may have been living there all along. Before November first, officers didn't register homeless offenders. Now, under the new law, they must register everyone, so officers are seeing more and more homeless people putting down a Midtown address.

"We do anticipate more to register in Midtown due to the fact that Midtown has a large, open area or not considered a safe zone," says Officer Chuck Haywood. "It's extremely difficult to verify that they're homeless and in a certain area of Tulsa."

Officers say they would need to physically go out and look. And, at this time, they say they don't have enough manpower to do it. On Monday alone, they had more than sixty people come in to register. And, unless a homeless offender is committing a crime, police can't really arrest him anyway.

Police say neighbors should keep an eye out. Shut your blinds at night and be careful if you go out for nighttime walks. Also, if you see anything suspicious, call 911 immediately.