IOWA CITY — The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has continued a pretrial GPS monitoring pilot program that started in August 2022. The program’s goal was to keep people out of jail pending trials, which has allowed them to...
Under the Operation Stop pilot, repeat shoplifting offenders will be issued with electronic monitoring tags - discreet GPS ankle devices - as part of a criminal behaviour order (CBO) or with agreement from probation services.
Bamgbose knew of Roberson’s history heading into their matchup, but the former UFC middleweight says he didn’t notice Roberson’s ankle monitor until post-fight. Roberson’s ankle monitor was underneath one of his socks.
A Michigan startup is revolutionizing alcohol monitoring with a wearable device no bigger than a smartwatch, aiming to remove the stigma associated with traditional ankle monitors. ArborSense, a University of Michigan spinout based in...
The Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has successfully developed Si-AZA, a rapid detection system for alcohol and harmful additives in food.  The portable device is designed to support food safety monitoring in...
Migrants with a criminal record in the UK will soon be subject to constant monitoring using biometric smartwatches to keep tabs on their movements up to 5 times per day. According to a Home...
A world-first report from Dr Allan McCay in the Law School scrutinizes advances in neurotechnology and what it might mean for the law and the legal profession. The paper calls for urgent consideration of how the new...
Two-piece model consists of two pieces of equipment, a personal identification device (PID) which is attached to the ankle and the Portable Monitoring Unit (PMU) which is body approximate device for monitoring attached PID, or the Home...
In a one-piece model configuration, a body-attached device contains the location methodology apparatus, communication device, battery, attaching straps and clips, indicators to the participant, and casing. One-piece GPS ankle bracelet model configuration in...
Passive Systems:These systems require periodic check-ins via telephone to verify an offender’s presence at the designated location (Crowe 2002). Identity verification may use passwords, wearable devices, or biometrics (e.g., fingerprints, retinal scans). Passive systems are primarily effective...