GPS Electronic Monitoring Of Offenders

BluTag® Active

BluTag® Active (U.S. Patent RE39,909

and RE 38,838) is a one-piece device

housing its receiver and transmitter into

a single unit. It offers GPS Electronic Monitoring

of offenders using active GPS Electronic

Monitoring technology, which generates

immediate notifications containing near

real-time data. This allows supervising

agents to quickly take the appropriate

action related to the notification.

Because BluTag® Active is a one-piece electronic monitoring device, it remains securely fastened to an offender’s ankle at all times. No other equipment is needed to effectively monitor an offender.

Benefits and features

When offenders are monitored with BluTag® Active supervising agents have access to near real-time data 24/7. Following are benefits and features of GPS Electronic Monitoring offenders with BluTag® Active. When offenders are electronically monitored with BluTag®, they need not remember to carry any other equipment or component. In 30 minutes or less BluTag® Active’s battery is fully charged — the shortest time in the industry. Offenders can recharge the battery away from home by plugging the charging coupler into a standard AC electric socket.

Unlike multi-piece devices BluTag® Active is not prone to damage by dropping — it remains securely attached to an offender’s ankle at all times.

A supervising agency’s on-site inventory is streamlined with only one monitoring device, BluTag® Active, and a few consumable items and optional accessories. In the absence of offender violations monitoring data transmits every 10 minutes. Supervising agents receive notification on tamper and zone violations with near real-time data via fax, email, pager or text message, whichever is their preference. Supervising agents can “ping” the device assigned to a specific offender to determine his or her current location. This action is completed by logging into VeriTracks®.

A secondary motion detection system allows offender tracking in the absence of GPS signals. The device detects three types of tampering: strap, strap clips and case.