Electronic Monitoring - Sex Offenders

Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee November 3, 2009

Secretary Walter A. McNeil We Never Walk Alone

Authority

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Florida Statutes authorize, and sometimes require, courts to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of supervision.

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Only the court can order electronic monitoring.

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections

Two Types Of Electronic Monitoring

Radio Frequency

• An EM system that utilizes a transmitter attached to the offender that is electronically tethered to a receiver with phone communication capability which provides surveillance of offenders during the hours of home confinement.

• Per diem cost = $1.97

Active GPS

• An EM system that includes a GPS receiver to track offender locations and cellular communication capability. Active GPS systems provide near real-time reporting of offender alarm notifications through email, fax, pages, or text messages.

• Per diem cost = $8.94

Active GPS Monitoring

• Section 948.11(6), F.S., requires the Department to use

Active GPS

to monitor offenders with current or prior convictions for violent or sexual offenses.

(6) For probationers, community controllees, or conditional releasees who have current or prior convictions for violent or sexual offenses, the department, in carrying out a court or commission order to electronically monitor an offender, must use a system that actively monitors and identifies the offender's location and timely reports or records the offender's presence near or within a crime scene or in a prohibited area or the offender's departure from specified geographic limitations. Procurement of electronic monitoring services under this subsection shall be by competitive procurement in accordance with s. 287.057.

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections

Current GPS Vendor Pro Tech Monitoring

Pro Tech Monitoring Center

 Staffed 24 / 7 / 365  Located in Tampa, FL  Dedicated “Alert Monitor” and Surveillance Data Center Software  Advanced knowledge of GPS system and equipment

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections

Offenders on Electronic Monitoring

Radio Frequency Active Global Positioning Total

2007-08 as of 6/30/08 Fiscal Year 2008-09 as of 6/30/09 *2009-10 as of 6/30/10

115 77 *75 1,951 2,066 2,322 2,399 *2,520 *2,595

*Projected offender population based information provided by the Bureau of Research/Data.

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections

Distribution of Offenders on GPS

as of 9/30/09 As of 9/30/2009

Total Offenders on GPS Sex Offenders on GPS JLA Offenders on GPS Number of Offenders % of Total Offenders on GPS 2,398 1,820 1,079 76% 59%

Sex offender population based information provided by the Bureau of Research/Data.

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections

EM Deficits for FY 08-09 and FY 09-10 FY 08-09 EM Appropriation

Average # of Offenders Expenditures - Units

Deficit $6,276,470 GPS Units

2,177 $7,200,202

RF Units

95 $69,600

Total

2,272 $7,269,802

($993,332) FY 09-10 EM Appropriation

Projected Average # of Offenders Projected Expenditures - Units

Projected Deficit $6,276,470 GPS Units

*2,443 $7,971,753

RF Units

*75 $53,928

Total

*2,518 $8,025,681

($1,749,211)

*Projected offender population based information provided by the Bureau of Research/Data.

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections

Questions or Comments?

Florida Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections