In an article on www.canada.com, the numerous flaws in the registry are clearly outlined. For starters, it's not mandatory to register and the RCMP "believes some dangerous offenders are going undetected," it's simple, make registration mandatory for offenders 18 and older. Police appear to have difficulty even keeping track of registered people, likely because violators are not required to report them for trips lasting two weeks or less. The police are not even allowed to access the register until the charge is filed and cannot access it in case of suspicion. If, for example, a citizen reported a suspicious character loitering in an elementary school with some frequency, the police would not be allowed to use the registry to find out whether that individual is a registered sex offender or not. The suspicious character would have to molest a child, be reported, charged and then, after the child has already been adulterated, the police can access the registry. This law in particular seems to make citizens more angry, deeming the registry "useless". The solution to this problem is that the register can be kept away from the public eye, but it should always be open to the police, it is their job to know who is in it. No matter how long the holiday is, the police should be informed, especially after observing the Petiquan case. Another issue with the register is strictly about its accuracy, the contents of the register are provided directly by the offender in question. An offender might provide an address, name, etc. false. Again, this was one of the major flaws regarding the Petiquan case, which is not the only one of its kind. Finally, all offenders convicted before 2004 are not registered in the database, there are literally thousands of pre-2004 sex offenders living free and unregistered..