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What
Types of Electronic Monitoring and Home Detention Technology
are Available?
Electronic Monitoring
utilizes a transmitter and receiver/dialer
to monitor offenders.
The transmitter is installed on the offenders ankle
and the receiver/dialer is attached to the offenders
telephone line. The receiver/dialer reports curfew
violations, equipment
status, and
when an offender leaves home to a monitoring center.
Group
Monitoring
Like
electronic monitoring, group monitoring tracks
offenders
using transmitters.
The Group Monitoring Unit can be used
as a mobile unit or used as a stand-alone
monitoring
system
for multiple offenders in a single location.
Home
Detention Monitor
E3 (shown below) or EMS 2000i Home Monitoring Receiver Unit (HMRU) and
EMS 2000-I™ transmitter
The HMRU, coupled with a transmitter worn on the
ankle (pictured) is for clients who have a stable living
situation, with a landline and power outlet in their residence.
A schedule is designed with their LCA case manager and
can include work or job interviews, school, counseling,
medical appointments or those related to their court case,
commute time, and childcare considerations.
The supervising agency de termines
how to be notified
if a client has violated their home detention schedule
or has tampered with their unit or ankle transmitter -—
via immediate page or daily fax of the previous 24 hours
of activity. For Pretrial cases, LCA can provide customized
reports for the court at each court appearance.

Cellular
Home Detention Unit
E3 Cellular Home Monitoring Receiver Unit (HMRU)
This advanced technology is for clients who have a
stable living situation and a power outlet, but no home
phone or when family members do not want to relinquish
phone features. Like the regular home detention unit, a
curfew is set with a schedule in place for each client and
an ankle transmitter is worn. This fully integrated unit
has call-in and call-out capabilities only to our monitoring
center and does not function as a normal cell phone.
GPS Tracking and Location Monitoring
Omnilink
OM210 One-Piece Unit
Global Positioning
Satellite (GPS) offers enhanced levels of supervision
and tracks clients in impaired environments like cities
and subways. GPS can be useful for sex offenders,
domestic violence cases, to enforce stay-away orders;
and in unique situations to confirm clients' whereabouts
in conjunction with work, school or treatment. GPS
monitoring can be used to convince the court to grant or
lower bail, or in pretrial cases to ensure the client
doesn't leave the area. The Omnilink GPS unit can also
be as an alternative to the cell unit above as it
requires no land-line installed in the home.
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