The Marion County, Oregon, Sheriff's Office Parole and Probation deputies recently launched a new electronic monitoring (EM) program, which utilizes iSECUREtrac's Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology housed in a transmitter clipped to an offender's belt.
According to Deputy Kevin Rau of the Marion County Sheriff's Office, "By using the GPS technology, parole deputies can track and document offender movement on a continuous basis. Prior to this program, offenders on EM could only be tracked if they were in their home on a 24-hour basis. Once the offender left his or her residence to go to work or treatment programming, the offender could not be tracked," added Deputy Rau. "The iSECUREtrac program gives more offender information regarding location throughout a particular period and can provide verification to individual parole and probation deputies whether an offender is abiding by the parameters of supervision (i.e., by not entering an area close to a victim's residence, staying away from parks and schools, or abiding by certain curfew hours). Offenders with gang ties have been placed on the program and early information indicates the program has been successfully working as advertised," continued Deputy Rau.
ISECUREtrac's system has been implemented in 33 states including California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. Additional information on applications of the iSECUREtrac system can be found here or by visiting iSECUREtrac online.
