Keep an eye on government homeland security technology sites
It always pays to find the websites where the government displays its new pieces of homeland security technology...they will invariably be a goldmine of newly developed survalence technology, designed to track, trace and catalogue you.
" on september 11th america was attacked by 19 foreign hijackers. On september 12th 260,000,000 american people became the suspects"- Greg Palast.
In the new survalence control grid that is america you are all suspects, what you have at the moment is mild...you think finger printing to get your drivers licence is bad? you aint seen nothin yet.
keep an eye on this site i think it'l pay off.
(sections highlighted to indicate importance)
http://govpro.com/ASP/Zones.asp?ZoneID=59
http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=107351&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
Kansas Automatically IDs Finger-, Palm Prints
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Special Agent in Charge, David Sim, announced the award of the new statewide contract for an Automated Fingerprint and Palm Print Identification System (AFPIS).
Kansas Automatically IDs Finger-, Palm Prints
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Special Agent in Charge, David Sim, announced the award of the new statewide contract for an Automated Fingerprint and Palm Print Identification System (AFPIS). The new Kansas system, by Sagem Morpho, Inc., will include an online database of latents, fingerprints, palm prints, mugshots, scars, marks, tattoos as well as demographic data. These searchable criminal records available statewide in real-time via the web will dramatically increase the crime solving capabilities of all law enforcement agencies throughout Kansas and the region. It will be fully integrated with the State computerized criminal history (CCH) system, the FBI IAFIS and regional state systems.
The new system also includes the Morpho Archive and Retrieval System (MARS). This criminal records archive and retrieval system provides electronic storage for original electronic fingerprint and palm print transactions allowing for a completely paperless, easily searchable record management system. “This new system empowers Kansas law enforcement to link the criminal to his crime and close more cold cases,” says Sim. “A fellow MetaMorpho user identified 232 previously unidentified latent cases, simply by loading old latents into the new system.” For more information, visit: http://www.morpho.com
This will not just be for criminals, it will be for everyone..you get a speeding ticket?
'well looks like were gonna have to scan you're whole body boy' 'no way!' ...'ohhh resisting arrest are we? *whack* *bang* *taser blast*
welcome to the new fascist america.
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http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=106996&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
Rhode Island Port to Add Wireless Communications Network
DHS-funded program puts sensor-based capabilities into hands of local, state and federal law enforcement.
DHS-Funded Program Puts Innovative, Sensor-Based Capabilities into Hands of Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement
A contract has been awarded to engineer and deploy a prototype security solution for the Rhode Island Port Security Wireless Communications Network (RIPSWCN). As part of a one-year pilot program, the system will interconnect with land-based communications networks to allow government agencies and emergency personnel to share and distribute real-time data throughout Narragansett Bay.
A collaborative project of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (EMA), Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the Rhode Island Department of Administration (DOA), the RIPSWCN partnership was created as a demonstration project funded by an $856,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through its Information Technology and Evaluation Program (ITEP). After soliciting bids from contractors across the country, RIPSWCN selected Smiths Detection-LiveWave to lead the network construction.
The network is scheduled to be operational in March 2006. “Under Smiths Detection-LiveWave’s leadership, the Rhode Island Port Security Wireless Communications Network will demonstrate new port security technologies with the potential for nationwide application,” says John Riendeau, Defense Industry Manager at the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation.
“This Network’s unique ability to develop new models for addressing emergency response and contingency planning, will become a national model by which other port security communication approaches are measured.”
The project will consist of a wireless broadband network to distribute text, voice, data and video to first responders and local law enforcement in real-time. Users will be able to communicate securely via Internet Protocol. Additionally, the network will consist of both existing and new high-resolution robotic camera systems, wireless networking systems and equipment and a variety of sensors including thermal and radar for vessel identification and tracking. According to Peter Mottur, President of Smiths Detection-LiveWave, “By taking a proactive role in strengthening Narragansett Bay’s port security, the DHS and State of Rhode Island recognize the Bay is a vital resource to the area’s economy and environment. Deploying our network solution also provides a model of advanced communications infrastructure to other ports around the country.” To fully integrate and deploy the advanced network solution, Smiths Detection-LiveWave is partnering with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; Business Innovation Factory (BIF) of Providence, RI; and Verizon Wireless. The system will be implemented as part of the Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs) initiative, a project of the Business Innovation Factory to make Rhode Island the first state in the country with border-to-border broadband wireless capability.
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http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=106976&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
DHS Completes Foundation of Biometric Entry System
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) US-VISIT program has completed installation of biometric entry capabilities at 104 land border ports.
DHS Completes Foundation of Biometric Entry System The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) US-VISIT program has completed installation of biometric entry capabilities at 104 land border ports, as mandated by Congress. Biometric entry capabilities are now deployed at all fixed ports of entry open to US-VISIT travelers. “The U.S. Government’s efforts to strengthen our nation’s immigration and border management system have taken a giant leap with the deployment of US-VISIT entry capabilities at all our ports and visa-issuing posts abroad,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. “US-VISIT is making America safer by enhancing our border management system with next-generation technologies and processes to address the emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities of our 21st century world.” US-VISIT installed biometric entry procedures at the 50 busiest land border ports along the U.S. Canada and U.S.-Mexico land borders as of Dec. 29, 2004; meeting the Dec.31, 2004 deadline. The deployment of biometric entry procedures to each of the remaining 104 land border ports of entry is also ahead of the congressional deadline of Dec. 31, 2005. US-VISIT is a continuum of security measures that collect biometric and biographic information from visitors at U.S. visa-issuing posts upon their arrival and departure from U.S. air, sea and land border ports. The program enhances security by verifying each visitors’ identity and by comparing their biometric and biographical information against watch lists of terrorists, criminals, and immigration violators. Since January 2004, US-VISIT has processed more than 44 million visitors, which makes the program the largest-scale application of biometrics in the world. Biometrics have enabled US-VISIT to intercept, at U.S. ports of entry, more than 970 people with histories of criminal or immigration violations, including federal penitentiary escapees, convicted rapists, drug traffickers, individuals convicted of murder, and numerous immigration violators. Additionally, the State Department’s BioVisa program, which is fully integrated with US-VISIT, has resulted in over 14,000 hits on individuals applying for visas to travel to the United States. At many land border ports of entry, US VISIT has decreased processing time in secondary inspection as a result of the automation of Form I-94 issuance process and US VISIT’s simple, fast and clean biometric processes. US-VISIT currently applies to all visitors entering the United States, regardless of country of origin, or whether they are traveling on a visa with certain exemptions. Canadian citizens are exempt, as are most Mexican visitors who apply for admission using a Border Crossing Card, also known as a laser visa, and travel within the border zone during the 30-day time limit. "
mexicans can go strait through though, the biggest problem with illegal immedgration is people comming in the mexican boarder which is wide open and totally flooding the country and watering down the economy.
The people who run america at the moment are looting everything from america as annual finantial reports show a lot of funds are going into private companies and just disapearing and theyre also trying to flood it with illegal imegrants who will work for hardly anything, meaning the value of labor everywhere will plunge and americans will have to work much much harder...i have friends who work 10 hours a day every day and can barely afford to live.
its all part of keeping you busy on the plantation in the new slave state america. along with interest rates that keep rising.
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http://govpro.com/govpro.asp?hidCategoryId=&
"Parking meters go mobile
Smart Auto Meter (SAM) personal parking meter hangs on vehicle’s rearview mirror or driver’s side grab bar. Small, portable electronic device (slightly larger than a Personal Digital Assistant) works in conjunction with pre-paid smart card. Coinless system tracks actual parking time and subtracts the corresponding amount from pre-paid card. The user is only charged for time he or she uses—down to the second. “Refillable” smart cards are both reusable and disposable, depending on the needs of the driver and the parking department. Batteries provide approximately 800 hrs. of service, which is equivalent to about 5 months of normal daily use. The device creates a warning message when there is approximately 8 hrs. of service left. Also accommodates on-street parking rate increases. Ideal for municipalities, colleges and universities, and resort communities."
Now how do you think the meter will 'magically' know what the charge is for that particular area? RFID perchance?
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http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=107381&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
"As an element of its overall programs, electronic supervision technology has successfully supported the Strafford County Community Corrections Program in many ways.
New Hampshire County Expands Alternative Sanctions
The Program
Strafford County is one of 10 small New Hampshire counties, with a span of only 368 square miles. Considered part of the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy metro area, Strafford County has experienced significant population growth in the last 15 years, growing almost 60% to reach 120,000 citizens.
As with most counties, its leadership is interested in maintaining the highest level of services, including public safety, cost-effectively. The Strafford County Department of Corrections, under the guidance of the County Commission, opened a new jail in the county seat, Dover, in 2004 to deal with significant jail crowding issues. Before the new facility opened, the county’s old 68-bed jail was housing 160 inmates, a recipe for inmate and officer safety issues. While the new facility has not reached capacity, the county continually seeks alternatives for inmates and pretrial defendants deemed not a risk to community safety.
The Strafford County Community Corrections Program has developed and manages these cost-effective alternatives. The department supervised 228 people in 2004 and supports three district courts and a superior court, and administers a variety of programs, including: a weekend community work program, step-down program, short-term residential drug and alcohol treatment, bail supervision, and an Administrative Home Confinement (EM) program. The Home Confinement Electronic Monitoring and Step-Down ProgramsThe Strafford County Community Corrections Program began using electronic monitoring in 2003 to add an extra layer of supervision for certain community-based offenders.
The Home Confinement Program involves the use of several electronic monitoring supervision tools to drive compliance to conditions placed on individuals, including both pretrial defendants[!!!!] and sentenced offenders, while they are released to community supervision. For sentenced offenders, the Step-Down Program is community-based supervision versus time at the Strafford Country Department of Corrections facility. This option rewards sentenced inmates who have taken responsibility for their actions and meaningful participation in jail programs. Both of these options offer an intermediate or alternative sanction. Supervising sentenced offenders while in the community allows the offenders to transition from incarceration to the community, with the goal of increasing public safety, reducing recidivism, and managing jail crowding. The county has found that it is advantageous to use a mix of supervision technologies, applying the right level of supervision to maintain accountability while also managing costs. In this program, GPS tracking is reserved for higher risk inmates or defendants. Strafford County selected BI Inc. for its supervision technology. Specifically, the Community Corrections Program is using a GPS tracking system called BI ExacuTrack, which allows officials to know within 10 meters where a person has been throughout the day. Despite varied terrain and limited cellular coverage in the relatively rural county, the department has found use of the ExacuTrack system – now being used on 25% of all offenders on EM – reliable. In addition, Strafford County is using BI HomeGuard 200, a radio-frequency monitoring system; BI Sobrietor for testing sobriety from the person’s home; and BI GuardCenter, a 24/7 national monitoring center, to support the department’s strict supervision efforts. Also being used are BI DriveBI, used by officers to verify location from outside their residence, and BI GuardWare® on the Web, a password-protected Internet application that allows the agency to access and make updates to offender data, equipment, and schedules directly. Successful completion of the program requires adherence to the rules and regulations as well as compliance with any conditions that have been ordered. Other requirements include payment of users fees (sliding scale is available for indigent clients).
An offender typically spends several months in one of these electronic monitoring programs, although the range can vary significantly from a week to more than a year. Officials say participants appreciate being released to home detention so they can work and support their families. The ResultsAs an element of its overall programs, electronic supervision technology has successfully supported the Strafford County Community Corrections Program in many ways, including: · The program continues to grow, moving from 12 participants under electronic supervision to more than 80 today, including 35 to 40 sentenced offenders and 50+ on pretrial supervision. · While in the program offenders pay varying levels of fees, depending on the type of supervision involved: GPS tracking is assessed at $14 a day; RF monitoring at $70 a week for sentenced offenders and $10 a week for pretrial defendants. These fees reduce the cost to administer these programs. · Both programs using electronic monitoring have contributed to fewer inmates in the new county jail, thereby avoiding more costly incarceration costs of $55/day and helping to avoid jail crowding issues. The County estimates it saves $1.2 million each year by moving these offenders to community supervision. · The department’s ongoing communications efforts have built community support for this alternative. In a small county such as Strafford County, many county members will know individuals in the program and support their productive re-integration. · These programs are allowing individuals to maintain employment, pay taxes, and support families, further reducing the county financial burden. The electronic supervision tools have assisted law enforcement. In one instance, the tracking data logged by the ExacuTrack GPS monitoring system was used to link an individual to a specific crime. The detailed GPS maps demonstrated the perpetrator was present at the time of the crime. This evidence was admissible in court.For information on BI Corp., visit: http://www.bi.com "
This will be used on PRE TRIAL DEFENDANTS ????????????????
what ever happened to INNOCENT UNTILL PROVEN GUILTY???
pre trial defendants are innocent of any crime until they are tried...tracking innocent civilians?
are you going to accept this kind of high tech tyranny?
you're disputing a parking ticket in court? 'well we're gonna have to put this gps tracker on you son...we gonna monitor your sobriety too, we cant have you drinkin can we now?'
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" on september 11th america was attacked by 19 foreign hijackers. On september 12th 260,000,000 american people became the suspects"- Greg Palast.
In the new survalence control grid that is america you are all suspects, what you have at the moment is mild...you think finger printing to get your drivers licence is bad? you aint seen nothin yet.
keep an eye on this site i think it'l pay off.
(sections highlighted to indicate importance)
http://govpro.com/ASP/Zones.asp?ZoneID=59
http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=107351&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
Kansas Automatically IDs Finger-, Palm Prints
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Special Agent in Charge, David Sim, announced the award of the new statewide contract for an Automated Fingerprint and Palm Print Identification System (AFPIS).
Kansas Automatically IDs Finger-, Palm Prints
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Special Agent in Charge, David Sim, announced the award of the new statewide contract for an Automated Fingerprint and Palm Print Identification System (AFPIS). The new Kansas system, by Sagem Morpho, Inc., will include an online database of latents, fingerprints, palm prints, mugshots, scars, marks, tattoos as well as demographic data. These searchable criminal records available statewide in real-time via the web will dramatically increase the crime solving capabilities of all law enforcement agencies throughout Kansas and the region. It will be fully integrated with the State computerized criminal history (CCH) system, the FBI IAFIS and regional state systems.
The new system also includes the Morpho Archive and Retrieval System (MARS). This criminal records archive and retrieval system provides electronic storage for original electronic fingerprint and palm print transactions allowing for a completely paperless, easily searchable record management system. “This new system empowers Kansas law enforcement to link the criminal to his crime and close more cold cases,” says Sim. “A fellow MetaMorpho user identified 232 previously unidentified latent cases, simply by loading old latents into the new system.” For more information, visit: http://www.morpho.com
This will not just be for criminals, it will be for everyone..you get a speeding ticket?
'well looks like were gonna have to scan you're whole body boy' 'no way!' ...'ohhh resisting arrest are we? *whack* *bang* *taser blast*
welcome to the new fascist america.
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http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=106996&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
Rhode Island Port to Add Wireless Communications Network
DHS-funded program puts sensor-based capabilities into hands of local, state and federal law enforcement.
DHS-Funded Program Puts Innovative, Sensor-Based Capabilities into Hands of Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement
A contract has been awarded to engineer and deploy a prototype security solution for the Rhode Island Port Security Wireless Communications Network (RIPSWCN). As part of a one-year pilot program, the system will interconnect with land-based communications networks to allow government agencies and emergency personnel to share and distribute real-time data throughout Narragansett Bay.
A collaborative project of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (EMA), Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the Rhode Island Department of Administration (DOA), the RIPSWCN partnership was created as a demonstration project funded by an $856,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through its Information Technology and Evaluation Program (ITEP). After soliciting bids from contractors across the country, RIPSWCN selected Smiths Detection-LiveWave to lead the network construction.
The network is scheduled to be operational in March 2006. “Under Smiths Detection-LiveWave’s leadership, the Rhode Island Port Security Wireless Communications Network will demonstrate new port security technologies with the potential for nationwide application,” says John Riendeau, Defense Industry Manager at the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation.
“This Network’s unique ability to develop new models for addressing emergency response and contingency planning, will become a national model by which other port security communication approaches are measured.”
The project will consist of a wireless broadband network to distribute text, voice, data and video to first responders and local law enforcement in real-time. Users will be able to communicate securely via Internet Protocol. Additionally, the network will consist of both existing and new high-resolution robotic camera systems, wireless networking systems and equipment and a variety of sensors including thermal and radar for vessel identification and tracking. According to Peter Mottur, President of Smiths Detection-LiveWave, “By taking a proactive role in strengthening Narragansett Bay’s port security, the DHS and State of Rhode Island recognize the Bay is a vital resource to the area’s economy and environment. Deploying our network solution also provides a model of advanced communications infrastructure to other ports around the country.” To fully integrate and deploy the advanced network solution, Smiths Detection-LiveWave is partnering with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; Business Innovation Factory (BIF) of Providence, RI; and Verizon Wireless. The system will be implemented as part of the Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs) initiative, a project of the Business Innovation Factory to make Rhode Island the first state in the country with border-to-border broadband wireless capability.
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http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=106976&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
DHS Completes Foundation of Biometric Entry System
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) US-VISIT program has completed installation of biometric entry capabilities at 104 land border ports.
DHS Completes Foundation of Biometric Entry System The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) US-VISIT program has completed installation of biometric entry capabilities at 104 land border ports, as mandated by Congress. Biometric entry capabilities are now deployed at all fixed ports of entry open to US-VISIT travelers. “The U.S. Government’s efforts to strengthen our nation’s immigration and border management system have taken a giant leap with the deployment of US-VISIT entry capabilities at all our ports and visa-issuing posts abroad,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. “US-VISIT is making America safer by enhancing our border management system with next-generation technologies and processes to address the emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities of our 21st century world.” US-VISIT installed biometric entry procedures at the 50 busiest land border ports along the U.S. Canada and U.S.-Mexico land borders as of Dec. 29, 2004; meeting the Dec.31, 2004 deadline. The deployment of biometric entry procedures to each of the remaining 104 land border ports of entry is also ahead of the congressional deadline of Dec. 31, 2005. US-VISIT is a continuum of security measures that collect biometric and biographic information from visitors at U.S. visa-issuing posts upon their arrival and departure from U.S. air, sea and land border ports. The program enhances security by verifying each visitors’ identity and by comparing their biometric and biographical information against watch lists of terrorists, criminals, and immigration violators. Since January 2004, US-VISIT has processed more than 44 million visitors, which makes the program the largest-scale application of biometrics in the world. Biometrics have enabled US-VISIT to intercept, at U.S. ports of entry, more than 970 people with histories of criminal or immigration violations, including federal penitentiary escapees, convicted rapists, drug traffickers, individuals convicted of murder, and numerous immigration violators. Additionally, the State Department’s BioVisa program, which is fully integrated with US-VISIT, has resulted in over 14,000 hits on individuals applying for visas to travel to the United States. At many land border ports of entry, US VISIT has decreased processing time in secondary inspection as a result of the automation of Form I-94 issuance process and US VISIT’s simple, fast and clean biometric processes. US-VISIT currently applies to all visitors entering the United States, regardless of country of origin, or whether they are traveling on a visa with certain exemptions. Canadian citizens are exempt, as are most Mexican visitors who apply for admission using a Border Crossing Card, also known as a laser visa, and travel within the border zone during the 30-day time limit. "
mexicans can go strait through though, the biggest problem with illegal immedgration is people comming in the mexican boarder which is wide open and totally flooding the country and watering down the economy.
The people who run america at the moment are looting everything from america as annual finantial reports show a lot of funds are going into private companies and just disapearing and theyre also trying to flood it with illegal imegrants who will work for hardly anything, meaning the value of labor everywhere will plunge and americans will have to work much much harder...i have friends who work 10 hours a day every day and can barely afford to live.
its all part of keeping you busy on the plantation in the new slave state america. along with interest rates that keep rising.
----------------------------------------------
http://govpro.com/govpro.asp?hidCategoryId=&
"Parking meters go mobile
Smart Auto Meter (SAM) personal parking meter hangs on vehicle’s rearview mirror or driver’s side grab bar. Small, portable electronic device (slightly larger than a Personal Digital Assistant) works in conjunction with pre-paid smart card. Coinless system tracks actual parking time and subtracts the corresponding amount from pre-paid card. The user is only charged for time he or she uses—down to the second. “Refillable” smart cards are both reusable and disposable, depending on the needs of the driver and the parking department. Batteries provide approximately 800 hrs. of service, which is equivalent to about 5 months of normal daily use. The device creates a warning message when there is approximately 8 hrs. of service left. Also accommodates on-street parking rate increases. Ideal for municipalities, colleges and universities, and resort communities."
Now how do you think the meter will 'magically' know what the charge is for that particular area? RFID perchance?
-----------------------------------------------
http://govpro.com/ASP/viewArticle.asp?strArticleId=107381&strSite=GOVPROSITE&st=59
"As an element of its overall programs, electronic supervision technology has successfully supported the Strafford County Community Corrections Program in many ways.
New Hampshire County Expands Alternative Sanctions
The Program
Strafford County is one of 10 small New Hampshire counties, with a span of only 368 square miles. Considered part of the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy metro area, Strafford County has experienced significant population growth in the last 15 years, growing almost 60% to reach 120,000 citizens.
As with most counties, its leadership is interested in maintaining the highest level of services, including public safety, cost-effectively. The Strafford County Department of Corrections, under the guidance of the County Commission, opened a new jail in the county seat, Dover, in 2004 to deal with significant jail crowding issues. Before the new facility opened, the county’s old 68-bed jail was housing 160 inmates, a recipe for inmate and officer safety issues. While the new facility has not reached capacity, the county continually seeks alternatives for inmates and pretrial defendants deemed not a risk to community safety.
The Strafford County Community Corrections Program has developed and manages these cost-effective alternatives. The department supervised 228 people in 2004 and supports three district courts and a superior court, and administers a variety of programs, including: a weekend community work program, step-down program, short-term residential drug and alcohol treatment, bail supervision, and an Administrative Home Confinement (EM) program. The Home Confinement Electronic Monitoring and Step-Down ProgramsThe Strafford County Community Corrections Program began using electronic monitoring in 2003 to add an extra layer of supervision for certain community-based offenders.
The Home Confinement Program involves the use of several electronic monitoring supervision tools to drive compliance to conditions placed on individuals, including both pretrial defendants[!!!!] and sentenced offenders, while they are released to community supervision. For sentenced offenders, the Step-Down Program is community-based supervision versus time at the Strafford Country Department of Corrections facility. This option rewards sentenced inmates who have taken responsibility for their actions and meaningful participation in jail programs. Both of these options offer an intermediate or alternative sanction. Supervising sentenced offenders while in the community allows the offenders to transition from incarceration to the community, with the goal of increasing public safety, reducing recidivism, and managing jail crowding. The county has found that it is advantageous to use a mix of supervision technologies, applying the right level of supervision to maintain accountability while also managing costs. In this program, GPS tracking is reserved for higher risk inmates or defendants. Strafford County selected BI Inc. for its supervision technology. Specifically, the Community Corrections Program is using a GPS tracking system called BI ExacuTrack, which allows officials to know within 10 meters where a person has been throughout the day. Despite varied terrain and limited cellular coverage in the relatively rural county, the department has found use of the ExacuTrack system – now being used on 25% of all offenders on EM – reliable. In addition, Strafford County is using BI HomeGuard 200, a radio-frequency monitoring system; BI Sobrietor for testing sobriety from the person’s home; and BI GuardCenter, a 24/7 national monitoring center, to support the department’s strict supervision efforts. Also being used are BI DriveBI, used by officers to verify location from outside their residence, and BI GuardWare® on the Web, a password-protected Internet application that allows the agency to access and make updates to offender data, equipment, and schedules directly. Successful completion of the program requires adherence to the rules and regulations as well as compliance with any conditions that have been ordered. Other requirements include payment of users fees (sliding scale is available for indigent clients).
An offender typically spends several months in one of these electronic monitoring programs, although the range can vary significantly from a week to more than a year. Officials say participants appreciate being released to home detention so they can work and support their families. The ResultsAs an element of its overall programs, electronic supervision technology has successfully supported the Strafford County Community Corrections Program in many ways, including: · The program continues to grow, moving from 12 participants under electronic supervision to more than 80 today, including 35 to 40 sentenced offenders and 50+ on pretrial supervision. · While in the program offenders pay varying levels of fees, depending on the type of supervision involved: GPS tracking is assessed at $14 a day; RF monitoring at $70 a week for sentenced offenders and $10 a week for pretrial defendants. These fees reduce the cost to administer these programs. · Both programs using electronic monitoring have contributed to fewer inmates in the new county jail, thereby avoiding more costly incarceration costs of $55/day and helping to avoid jail crowding issues. The County estimates it saves $1.2 million each year by moving these offenders to community supervision. · The department’s ongoing communications efforts have built community support for this alternative. In a small county such as Strafford County, many county members will know individuals in the program and support their productive re-integration. · These programs are allowing individuals to maintain employment, pay taxes, and support families, further reducing the county financial burden. The electronic supervision tools have assisted law enforcement. In one instance, the tracking data logged by the ExacuTrack GPS monitoring system was used to link an individual to a specific crime. The detailed GPS maps demonstrated the perpetrator was present at the time of the crime. This evidence was admissible in court.For information on BI Corp., visit: http://www.bi.com "
This will be used on PRE TRIAL DEFENDANTS ????????????????
what ever happened to INNOCENT UNTILL PROVEN GUILTY???
pre trial defendants are innocent of any crime until they are tried...tracking innocent civilians?
are you going to accept this kind of high tech tyranny?
you're disputing a parking ticket in court? 'well we're gonna have to put this gps tracker on you son...we gonna monitor your sobriety too, we cant have you drinkin can we now?'
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