California Tracks Parolees With GPS, Then Ignores Alerts

An anonymous reader writes "Several years ago, California decided to require high-risk parolees, such as gang members and sex offenders, to wear GPS monitoring devices. The idea was to relay location information to law enforcement to ensure that the convicts stay where they're supposed to. Unfortunately, the state often misses acting on those alerts, making the devices both a lesson in the pitfalls of technology management and a massive exercise in largely useless spending."

Comments

Re:Just dial it in...

[Issarlk]

Weeeee. Let's play surprise suicide bomber!

A modest proposal

[mbone]

Clearly, RIAA should track these parolees - and fine them $ 150,000 for every time they remove a bracelet or run out of battery power.

That would save the State of California $ 60 million per year it doesn't currently have.

Re:A modest proposal

[noidentity]

Clearly, RIAA should track these parolees - and fine them $ 150,000 for every time they remove a bracelet or run out of battery power.

The RIAA needs an incentive, so give the bracelets wireless internet and have them download music whenever the perolee goes somewhere restricted. He won't know what hit him.

Re:I disagree

[MadKeithV]

I have to disagree with the summery because I don't see it as

I disagree with the summery too. It's wintry, or maybe autumny. Sometimes springy.