Think GPS monitoring devices are the answer for keeping track of the nations predators? You may want to think again.
GPS Sending Wrong Signal — No Signal
Tracking bracelets were supposed to make Southbury residents feel safe. Instead, they are sending the wrong signal – maybe even no signal at all.
In September, the GPS tracking system came under fire when the ankle bracelet worn by David Pollitt, a convicted serial rapist, malfunctioned. Residents who live in Pollitt’s Southbury neighborhood say the bracelets can’t be trusted.
“I don’t feel comfortable with it. It’s not reliable,” Cathy Baisch of Southbury said.
“There are so many cloaking devices and ways to run interference, not to mention the problems with the device’s construction,” said Matt Devan of Prospect.
In the state, 81 sex offenders are equipped with GPS monitoring bracelets like Pollitt’s. Neither the state, nor the company that makes them keeps count of the number of times they malfunction.
The executive director of administrative services for the judicial branch said the technology does “glitch” from time to time.
“Frankly, most of them are false alarms, things like low battery, GPS unit out of position, things like that,” said Thomas Siconolfi.
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