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Codey Discusses Proposal to Monitor Sex Offenders

(TRENTON) –Acting Governor Richard J. Codey today discussed the need to use Global Positioning System technology in the fight to protect children from sex offenders.  

“There is no greater priority than the safety of our children.”

Codey said.

“That is why we must do everything possible to keep our children safe from sexual predators – just as we are taking unprecedented steps to protect our children and schools safe from terrorism. GPS technology would let officers know with certainty whether these individuals are actually going to work, whether they are staying home at night, or whether they are in places that, frankly, they shouldn't be”

Codey said.

“Today’s children are growing up in a different world than the one we grew up in. Unfortunately, there are new dangers. There are also new advantages. Criminals may try to stay ahead of the law. But we are smarter. We are better. And we are using every resource to keep our children safe.”  

Codey was joined by Attorney General Peter C. Harvey, Senators Stephen M. Sweeney and Fred H. Madden, and Assembly members Linda R. Greenstein, Douglas H. Fisher and Peter J. Barnes for a news conference in the Governor’s Outer Office.  The legislators have proposed bills that would create a program under which certain sex offenders would be required to wear devices connected to GPS equipment.   GPS monitoring includes equipment that communicates with overhead satellites to determine the equipment’s precise location on the earth. Under this program, GPS devices worn by sex offenders would continually record and update their location, to provide accurate tracking of where the person is and where he or she has been.   Codey pointed out that this would let law enforcement officials keep a closer eye than ever on sexual predators. It would even let officials compare the subjects’ movements with new crime reports – to determine whether the person may be linked to a crime, or whether the person should be excluded from the ongoing investigation.

 

Resources

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National Sex Offender Registry 

 

California Sex Offenders Registry 

 

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GPS ankle bracelet designed for real-time sex offender tracking

DEL MAR, Calif. (CBS 8) - The murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King, allegedly by a registered sex offender, has generated calls for tougher laws dealing with convicted criminals. One change being discussed is real-time GPS monitoring for sex offenders.

A company called GPS Monitoring Solutions says it's come up with a device. It's called the Tracker Pal, and if a sexual offender wearing this GPS device goes near a park, school, or any restricted area, an alarm will sound. Petra Fuhriman with GPS Monitoring Solutions says her product comes equipped with straps that are custom fit.

On Wednesday, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher asked the corrections department about a discrepancy that prohibits a sexual offender on parole from living near a park, yet nothing stops that predator from hanging out in the same park every day. Crime victim advocate Bonnie Russell attended that meeting. "My definition of monitoring would be 24/7. Apparently the state has a substandard definition of monitoring," Russell said.

News 8 took the Tracker Pal for a walk, and as we moved away from a local park, blue dots on a GPS tracking screen showed us moving away from children.

Under the current system, parole officers in the state of California are checking up on sexual offenders once a day, but using the Tracker Pal system, there is a service center in Utah that would follow their movements every five minutes.

With the Tracker Pal, if a sex offender wearing their GPS device gets too close to a restricted area, an alarm sounds. "A siren can go off on the alarm, alerting everyone around the offender," Fuhriman said.

News 8 tested the device, and not only did the alarm go off, but the service center calls us directly and will notify a parole officer about the violation.

The corrections department spends about $20 a day tracking parolees.
GPS Monitoring Solutions says it can do a much better job for $12 a day.

News and Articles

A High-Tech Parable: California Uses GPS to Track Parolees, Then Ignores It
Several years ago, California decided to require high-risk parolees, such as gang members and sex offenders, to wear GPS monitoring devices. Read Article

Correctional Reporter: Several years ago, California decided to require high-risk parolees, such as gang members and sex offenders, to wear GPS monitoring devices. Read Story

 

The Barb Stanton Show -
Paul Schrader, candidate for Sheriff-Coroner, viewed demonstrations about new technology in gps monitoring devices, given by Petra Fuhriman, owner of GPS-Monitoring Solutions. Read Story