I am currently forced, by so-called law enforcement, to wear a GPS Tracking Device on my ankle. If I accidentally let it go out, I go back to prison immediately. Soon I may not have to worry about charging up my Shackle twice a day for a hour each time. The Sex Crime Witch Hunt may soon require me to have a chip implanted inside me to track my every move. Currently, the GPS Tracking Shackles for RSOs on parole costs CA tax payers an incredible $65,000,000+ a year. The insanity continues.
Lawmakers consider implanted chips for tracking sex offenders
By
Luke Duecy
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Lawmakers are considering a controversial bill that would outfit sex offenders with a surgically-implanted device that tracks their movement.
The devices would replace the ankle bracelets that are currently used to track offenders. The bracelets have been criticized as a lacking device as offenders have successfully removed them in the past before disappearing off of the radar.
"(The devices would) be a little more difficult to take off," said Rep. Maralyn Chase, D-Edmonds.
Chase is among a handful of lawmakers are looking into radio chips that can be planted under the skin. Some of the designs are no larger than a grain of rice.
The radio chips would allow police to track an offender from a sex offender using the same technology used at the Tacoma Narrows bridge toll.
"Right now, we get a postcard at home every few weeks saying we have a sex offender moving into the neighborhood. But unless you know where they live and what they look like how are you going to have protection?" said Chase.
The Department of Corrections admits even with the current devices, officers often lose signal. DOC officials also note that no tracking device can prevent crime.
"It certainly is not prevention. It certainly is not 100-percent," said Anna Aylward with the state DOC.
The bill is currently in committee.
If passed, the bill would allow the state to hire the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to determine whether chip implants would be more effective.
Similar technology is used to track criminals in the U.K. and school children in Japan.
What I'd like to know is how much all of this going to cost? We can't get the sex offenders to pay, because when they are released, they usually have no money or a job.
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