Electronic Monitoring - Sex Offenders
Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee
November 3, 2009
Secretary Walter A. McNeil
We Never Walk Alone
Authority
• Florida Statutes authorize, and sometimes
require, courts to impose electronic monitoring
as a condition of supervision.
• Only the court can order electronic monitoring.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections
Two Types Of Electronic Monitoring
Radio Frequency
• An EM system that utilizes a transmitter attached to the
offender that is electronically tethered to a receiver with
phone communication capability which provides surveillance
of offenders during the hours of home confinement.
• Per diem cost = $1.97
Active GPS
• An EM system that includes a GPS receiver to track offender
locations and cellular communication capability. Active GPS
systems provide near real-time reporting of offender alarm
notifications through email, fax, pages, or text messages.
• Per diem cost = $8.94
Active GPS Monitoring
• Section 948.11(6), F.S., requires the Department to use
Active GPS to monitor offenders with current or prior
convictions for violent or sexual offenses.
(6) For probationers, community controllees, or conditional releasees who
have current or prior convictions for violent or sexual offenses, the
department, in carrying out a court or commission order to electronically
monitor an offender, must use a system that actively monitors and identifies
the offender's location and timely reports or records the offender's presence
near or within a crime scene or in a prohibited area or the offender's departure
from specified geographic limitations. Procurement of electronic monitoring
services under this subsection shall be by competitive procurement in
accordance with s. 287.057.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections
Current GPS Vendor
Pro Tech Monitoring
Pro Tech Monitoring Center
 Staffed 24 / 7 / 365
 Located in Tampa, FL
 Dedicated “Alert Monitor” and
Surveillance Data Center
Software
 Advanced knowledge of GPS
system and equipment
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections
Offenders on Electronic Monitoring
Fiscal Year
2007-08 2008-09 *2009-10
as of 6/30/08
as of 6/30/09
as of 6/30/10
115
77
*75
Active Global Positioning
1,951
2,322
*2,520
Total
2,066
2,399
*2,595
Radio Frequency
*Projected offender population based information provided by the Bureau of Research/Data.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections
Distribution of Offenders on GPS
as of 9/30/09
As of 9/30/2009
% of Total Offenders
Number of Offenders
on GPS
Total Offenders on GPS
2,398
-
Sex Offenders on GPS
1,820
76%
JLA Offenders on GPS
1,079
59%
Sex offender population based information provided by the Bureau of Research/Data.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections
EM Deficits for
FY 08-09 and FY 09-10
FY 08-09 EM Appropriation
$6,276,470
Average # of Offenders
Expenditures - Units
GPS Units
RF Units
Total
2,177
95
2,272
$7,200,202
$69,600
$7,269,802
Deficit
FY 09-10 EM Appropriation
Projected Average # of Offenders
Projected Expenditures - Units
Projected Deficit
($993,332)
$6,276,470
GPS Units
RF Units
Total
*2,443
*75
*2,518
$7,971,753
$53,928
$8,025,681
($1,749,211)
*Projected offender population based information provided by the Bureau of Research/Data.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections
Questions or Comments?
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of Community Corrections