yeah I hope GPS is better than regular braclet or were in trouble...... I know people that do a lot of stuff with the braclet and get away with it.

This article makes me sick. There is nothing worse than a man assaulting a girl, let alone a nine year old. He will get what he deserves come judgement day.

Let the farmers take care of him. It only takes a few seconds and a shot of penicilin.

Sure they can. I'll lend them my knife.

Thanks to our perverted courts, someone cannot be castrated EVEN IF they request it themselves.

If you ask me guys like this should be chemically casturated so that we know our children are safe!!!

Nonviolent county offenders can get put on an electronic bracelet that needs to be within 100 feet or so of a device attached to the phone. Every few hours the service computer-calls the phone, and if the offender is not within range the police are notified.

GPS tracking logs the position of an offender at all times. It's just like the GPS unit on your car or cell phone, but attached to the offender by bracelet. Some systems are continuously reporting, others will only report a record. I don't know which is being used here. But GPS systems can be programmed to match the offender's probation rules such as excluding liquor stores or places where children can congregate, so it's more precise and allows the offender some freedom of movement. (Which they are allowed because they are on probation, not serving a sentence anymore.)

So actually the people on GPS probation are getting monitored more closely than the offenders serving electronic bracelet home confinement.

I believe that Rock County uses
http://www.midwestmonitoring.com/
but the state DOC may use a different vendor. You can read more at their site (requires Flash).

Back to the topic...does anyone know how GPS monitoring of sex offenders by DOC works? How is it protecting the neighborhood residents? Informed, thoughtful responses would be most appreciated.

larryd7 - exactly what I thought, too, before I even scrolled to the comments.

Wow. No picture. Again.

GPS monitoring for only two more years? This is a bit frightening. Sure, he will remain on the sex offender registry his entire life but that doesn't mean he can't attempt to re-offend.