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The EMRC is dedicated to providing law
enforcement and correctional agencies with assistance in the development and
maintenance of electronic monitoring programs.
EMRC Website
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COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER
Hello!
The
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
was created in 1994 as a component of the
National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) Office of Science and
Technology. NLECTC serves as an "honest broker" offering
support, research findings, and technological expertise to help
State and local law enforcement and corrections personnel perform
their duties more safely and efficiently.
NLECTC has created this electronic newsletter to keep community
corrections practitioners informed about technology developments and
how technology is being used by the field to enhance mission
performance. We hope that you find this information useful.
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Drug and Alcohol Testing |
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The Idaho
Department of Corrections is considering t he use of the Passpoint
occularmotor technology to screen
parolees for drug use.
Click here
for the article that appeared in the Idaho Statesman.
Pima County,
Arizona is looking into implementing the SCRAM technology.
Click
here for the article that appeared online at
www.kvoa.com.
Click
here for an article that appeared online at
www.newschannel10.com on the use of the SCRAM technology
in Amarillo, Texas.
The state of
Oregon is testing the waste water in a number of cities to determine
levels of drug use and to identify trends. Oregon State University is
conducting the study, funded by the Oregon Health Science Medical
Research Fund.
Click here
for the article that appeared online at
www.kpic.com.
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Electronic Monitoring |
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According to
an editorial appearing in the East Valley Tribune,
Arizona probation officials are cautious about expanding GPS
tracking mandates. Officials point to the high number of false
alerts created during a pilot program as evidence that the
technology needs improvement before it is broadly implemented. For
more information,
Click here.
 The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Utah introduces their new
GPS monitoring program.
Click here
for the article that appeared in the
Deseret News.
Sky Detective
is a new application being used to track gang members.
Click here
for an article that appeared in Government Technology.
Click here
for an article appearing online at
www.ketv.com
on Nebraska’s use of GPS tracking
technology.
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Training |
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The American
Probation and Parole Association’s 2008 Winter Training Institute will
be held in Phoenix, AZ on February 10-13, 2008. Technology related
workshops include the following:
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NLECTC:
Technology Resources for Community Corrections
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Interactive
Firearms Simulation Systems in Officer Safety Training
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Easing into
E-Learning
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Applying
Analytics to Risk-Needs Screening Data
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Where’s Waldo?
What is He Doing There?
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The Use of the
Polygraph in Supervising Sex Offenders: Maximizing Effectiveness
through Collaboration
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Technology
Transfer in Corrections: The Science behind Integrated Assessment and
Evidence-Based Service Planning
For more
information on this conference please visit:
http://www.appanet.org/institutes/2008_phoenix/attendee/
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Information Technology |
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 The Angelina
County Community Supervision and Corrections Department in Texas is
using GPS technology to enhance the safety of its officers.
Tracking devices have been installed in the vehicles that officers
use to conduct field visits so that they can be located if they need
assistance.
Click here for the story that appeared in the
Lufkin Daily News.
The Corrections Connection
recently published an article entitled: “Supervising the
Cyber-Offender: Are You Ready?”
Click here
for the link.
Click here for the Global Justice Information
Sharing Initiative’s Fall Newsletter.
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This project was
supported by Cooperative Agreement No. 2005-IJ-CX-K001;awarded by the
National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, US Department
of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the
author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of
Justice.
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