Release of high-risk offender: WILLIAMSON

In the interest of public safety, the Calgary Police Service is issuing the following public information and warning in regards to the release of an inmate.

Dustin Roy WILLIAMSON, 23, was released into the Calgary community today, Thursday, July 14, 2016, after serving a 3-year sentence for sexual Interference and child pornography.

The public is warned that WILLIAMSON has a history of sex offences involving children. Previous convictions include sexual interference, possession of child pornography, failure to comply, theft under and indecent act.

WILLIAMSON will now be monitored by the Calgary Police Service High Risk Offender Program.

He is described as Caucasian, 5’7” tall, and 140 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes. A photo of WILLIAMSON is available on the City of Calgary Newsroom.

The Calgary Police Service is issuing this information and warning after careful deliberation and consideration of all related issues, including privacy concerns, in the belief that it is clearly in the public interest to inform the members of the community of the release of WILLIAMSON.

Members of the public are advised that the intent of the process is to enable members of the public to take suitable precautionary measures and not to embark on any form of vigilante action.

NOTE: This information is released under the authority of section 32 the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, S.A. 1994 c.F - 18.5.