Satellites Track Sex Offenders.An Illinois county is considering using high technology to keep track of convicted sex offenders sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. . Sex offenders on probation would wear electronic bracelets that could track their movements every time they left their homes, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. DuPage County officials. The idea of using global positioning satellites (GPS) to track the probationers was offered by county officials as they reviewed a two-year program for sex offenders that included extra supervision by probation officers probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. . The program required weekly checks by officers on as many as 80 high-risk offenders. A GPS system could determine where a person is at a given time within 150 feet, according to Ed Claffy, district manager of BI Inc. The Boulder Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). , Colo., business plans to offer a GPS-based monitor later this year. Costs would average about $39 per person per day. |
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