Under current law it is only a technical violation, not a crime, to tamper with an ankle monitor.
Hernandez had been back behind bars for 100 days last summer after cutting off his ankle monitor.Dallas hospital shooting suspect accused girlfriend of cheating before killing 2 workers, affidavit says"By changing it to a law violation I think it clearly sends a message to the offenders out there that it's going to be reviewed harshly by the legislature and by the parole board," said Tim McDonald of the Board of Pardons and Paroles Tuesday.
But Jennifer Toon, an advocate for the formerly incarcerated, argued making it a felony won't be a deterrent to someone determined to carry out some bad act. "The real problem with GPS ankle monitors, whether used for pre-trial probation or parole, all seem to center on the supervising officers and the equipment," said Toon."We keep record of what type of alert we receive, but we don't necessarily track the outcomes individually or manually to see if it was an equipment error, or if it was actually somebody. We respond to the error or we respond to the person who was trying to take it off.
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