GA House Arrest Services, Inc. Implements Omnilink's Offender Monitoring Solution.

Company calls Omnilink's Focalpoint solution a "revolutionary" industry development

ATLANTA -- Omnilink's offender monitoring system is helping alternative sentencing provider GA House Arrest Services, Inc. successfully execute court-ordered offender monitoring programs. A pioneer of vital status service technology, Omnilink provides sophisticated location awareness information in real-time, offering the industry's only product that is completely waterproof and capable of tracking people and valuable assets inside buildings, buses, trains and other places where GPS solutions do not work.

GA House Arrest worked with Omnilink when the product was in beta and is one of the first companies to deploy the solution once it was ready for general availability. Bryant Ackerman, services director of GA House Arrest, says Omnilink provides him with the industry's most accurate location technology, which results in significant time savings.

"Before Omnilink's Focalpoint solution, every system I tried commonly lost people once they entered a building. In addition, I was plagued with false alerts and dealing with device issues," Ackerman says. "Omnilink's product is revolutionary. Now, I can monitor offenders even when they are indoors, and I do not have to deal with equipment issues anymore because of the robustness and reliability of Omnilink's solution. I now have more time for follow up with business development because of a phenomenal reduction in false alerts, which have been cut by about 95 percent."

Ackerman notes that he uses Focalpoint most often in pre-trial scenarios when a defendant is considered by the court to be a flight or repeat offense risk. He also finds the Web application helpful for researching the locations of monitored individuals who are suspected to be involved in subsequent crimes.

"When I field a call from a district attorney, Focalpoint makes it easy for me to go back in time and pinpoint the locations of monitored individuals. It's incredibly helpful for ruling out or identifying suspects," Ackerman says.

Omnilink's Focalpoint 2.0 monitoring solution brings an unprecedented level of efficiency and effectiveness to offender management with the use of a combination of Global Positioning Systems (GPS), wireless network technologies, RFID and situation-specific sensors to transmit information to a monitoring center using commercial cellular networks and then applying predefined supervision rules on a Web-based application.

Recently updated in conjunction with market feedback, Omnilink's Focalpoint 2.0 also features automated voice alerts when an offender location violation has occurred. In addition, Focalpoint 2.0 offers a victim safeguard that tracks the victims' off-the-shelf cell phones, in addition to the related offender, and then alerts the victim, monitoring officers and law enforcement if the offender comes within proximity of the victim, in situations where the judge has mandated that the offender stay away from the victim. "Georgia House Arrest has been our partner from day one, first acting as a concept sounding board and now as an engaged customer. I am personally and professionally honored to work with Bryant and his team," said Steve Aninye, CEO of Omnilink.

About Omnilink Systems

Omnilink combines an unwavering commitment to innovation, thought leadership and trust building in its pioneering and development of technologies within the Vital Status Services (VSS) industry. Omnilink builds the most powerful, durable and reliable technology platform that provides pinpoint location services and unparalleled performance in environments where other technologies will not work using a unique combination of GPS, RFID and situation specific sensors. Omnilink offers the most accurate, reliable, and efficient solutions to control, manage, and protect people and valuable assets when it matters. Omnilink's VSS solutions focus more on personal and public safety, loss prevention and surveillance. For more information, please visit http://www.omnilinksystems.com or call 678-624-5900.