There’s a solution to the legal abuses people have mentioned. Make judges and attorneys civilly liable for their actions in court.

“They won’t be able to do their jobs?” Repeat after me: “Would you like fries with that?” People who “can’t do their jobs” need to resign.

Yes because clearly, the last thing someone looking to kill their victim would do is take off the GPS unit. That would be an obvious violation of the law…

This idea is *SO* full of fail that I can’t even begin to describe it. More than that, it provides a false sense of security. Someone takes off the GPS, stalks their victim, the victim doesn’t get a warning call and is lulled into a false sense of security, and BAM!

Probably a good thing.

Men need to know when the abusive ex is within range.

Hell hath no fury like a woman legally restrained…

First, the article points only at the male being the aggressor. Incidents of female abuse against males are far more frequent yet don’t get reported or acknowledged by the authorities, “You look like a big guy, you should be able to take care of yourself.”

Second, 9 out of 10 restraining orders are fictitious in nature and used only to gain the upper hand in divorces. Once accused you are “presumed” guilty. The courts do not require a preponderence of evidence as most laws state because judges do not want to be accused of “doing nothing” should something happen. The courts need to better scrutinize the validity of accusations. Upholding the laws of perjury and making false accusations would drastically reduce the number of restraining orders taken.

Third, state governements receive $$ from the federal gov’t for DV. The courts, law enforcement and special interest groups are all working to get that $$. It is business to them and they respond according. So don’t think they have victims or accused interests at heart, only that which brings them $$. Same is true for state child protective programs …. look what goes on there and the tragedies that occur by workers, many who should be banned from any presence with children and couldn’t otherwise hold a job at McDonald’s.

Fourth, while I am sympathetic for victims of domestic violence, physical and emotional abuse should NEVER be tolerated, they are being caught in a system that has lost all control and purpose of what they are trying to do. You would be better served to help rid the BS complaints so real complaints can be dealt with accordingly.

PS I’ve had two RO’s against me by my ex (wife at the time) never for abuse, only claiming “fear”. A third was given her when she physically attacked me. The police arrived to find the shirt ripped off my back and my hand bleeding. My son, who was present at the time and restrained my ex holding her down on the ground, said to the police, “Why are you arresting my dad, he didn’t do anything. My mom attacked him.”. They ended up arresting her too. The judge refused to try her and issued a RO against me. It’s a screwed up system.

I’ve worked in law enforcement. I’ve delivered these papers as well as picked up”offenders”. This was a joke in the 90′s when I was working it’s a joke now.

Many times women used these orders as a tool to manipulate the courts and to punish their partners. If a man or woman was the type to abuse and wanted to continue the abuse a piece of paper didn’t stop them.

The whole system is a mess on this one ask any law enforcement officer what the most dangerous house call is.

Maybe we can start using GPS to track all the disability pension abusers from the NYPD and FDNY

In the Netherlands, they have implemented this system; and both victim and abuser must wear GPS devices … BOTH VICTIM AND ABUSER. They’re not telling you about this in this article; but you should watch for it … because it’s coming. Soon they will tell us that there are problems with notifying the victims via telephone… and then they’ll introduce the ‘solution’ – the victim will also need to wear a device. This is not about stopping crime; this is about tracking and monitoring a population – being sold to you with a sad story. Wake up! Start by searching for the people who are selling this technology. Like Michael Chertoff, formerly of DHS, who went on to sell airport scanners, after conveniently placing his order as DHS chief. Neat trick. Is this another scam?

I am DISGUSTED by the above comments. To trivialis DV and say most women are liars! How dare you!!! Here’s a stat 1 in 2 women will be killed by their current or former partner. Every 9 seconds in America a woman or child is abused. I lived with DV for 15 yrs. I have the restraining order and the ex who has said he does care what a piece of paper says. He’s proven it to. I DO have to look over my shoulder!! Maybe this device is the answer, maybe it isn’t but its a start!

God help any male who having one of these clamped on him gets one that is defective or the plaintiff accidentally wanders into defendants area. It calls the local swat team too ! The newer trigger happy cops need lots of overtime and target practice and it is great PR. According to NOW one in three men are rapists, and these orders are given out like candy, each piece of paper worth $2000 on the initial signing for the county courts, and those attorneys and judges who are part franchise owners of the new locating device corporation get an extra cut too ! Makes good sense to me.

This is just wonderful. Anyone who has gone through family court knows that the number one tool to stip one parents of their rights is by making false accusations of domestic abuse.

Parents are put through the system on baseless charges regularly.

Now they can be falsely accused, falsely jailed, and tracked to boot.

I think it’s a great idea. However it’ll be fought and found to be un-constitution-able in the great courts we have.

I guess being the victim of domestic violence will become a civil right.

when every second counts the police are just minuets away.

a Colt 45 would end this crap quick! Just what are you going to do with the GPS tracker throw it at him?

Wish there was a GPS alerting the approach of soapaphobic commie Occupy losers. Their odor would knock you out.

Yep, guilty until proven innocent, and then still guilty. Innocent until proven guilty is one of those relics of the old, bad America we need to get rid of. Political Correctness forever!

My son had a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend. Her grandmother, a real man-hater, instigated it because she knew the system. She waited until my son turned 18, even though by then he hadn’t called or seen her for three months. She made up three pages of false charges which, in many cases, her grand daughter refuted in court. Still, the one incident out of three pages that wasn’t refuted, a really minor and very public incident with no threat to it, got her a restraining order because my son was now an adult and the girl was still a minor. Neither the court nor the county attorney would explain the “do’s and don’t's” of the order to my son. We were left to interpret it ourselves. The girl has since apologized for not having more backbone and she and my son have each married someone else. The experience was a total manipulation in a town where half the population is related to the girl. With sincerest concern for women AND MEN threatened with domestic violence, the whole DV thesis has been seriously devalued by manipulation and abuse. The process of protective orders needs to be returned to the same standards of evidence as required in criminal law.

10 Reasons This is a Terrible Idea

Sounds like another well intentioned doomed to fail government program that is going to make a couple of people rich.

Ten dollars a day = 3650 $/yr This is a burden on the economy, because the individual forced to pay this could have spent the money somewhere else in the economy.

This provides a false sense of security.

Are implantable RFID chips next?

What happens if there is a malfunction in the system, or the system gets hacked?

Does the system call the victim if the offender tries to remove the bracelet?

You cannot get a GPS signal everywhere so the offender could remove the bracelet when no signal is available then go on the attack?

Does the system call to warn the victim every time the device is not picked up by the satellite? That could be quite a few false alarms!

Too many false alarms then the victim becomes complacent

What if the victim turns her phone off or forgets it one day or the battery runs out? Is he or she going to become so dependent on having the phone nearby that he or she every time the phone is misplaced or forgotten?

what’s next, RFID chips for every prisoner?

Maybe if the women were allowed to carry this wouldn’t be such a problem.

As a male who was the victim of felony level domestic violence (from a woman) and refused to reciprocate, I’d like to have this in place. Also, not all abusers are men. That’s something she used for years to get away with it.

Why should this technology only apply to women?

wont this violate the privacy act?

This is a great idea but how do we get Judges to believe the women is a victim of domestic violence? All too often, domestic violence occurs behind closed doors. It becomes a case of he said, she said. Tapes and evidence are eliminated because they cannot be authenticated, Judges don’t want children testifying and witnesses don’t want to get involved because they are afraid of the abuser and may have been threatened by the abuser. Women’s support is threatened by judges or the wife is afraid to come forward for fear the husband who supports the family could lose their job. Education of Judges is critical. If the Judge does not believe there is domestic violence then all the tracking devices are irrelevant since the Judge will never impose it.

YES it is! a brilliant idea. DV is not taken seriously as has ben apparent with women ending dead. Eddy Coelo (the ex /c/o/p) was let go time and time again after each arrest.. what happened in the end ,,we all know, as her body was found in a dumpster.Men have been charged with 2 felonies and the case has been dismissed, only to have the same guy arrested. 1 month down the line and this time, charged with a ONLY a misdemeanor (you got to be kidding right)..ONLY 1 month down the line another arrest? same person? oh oh.. Not taking this serious enough it seems. yawn yay he had 2 felonies a month ago ya he just got arrested just ONE month later, for the same DV on the SAME woman, lets just reduce and charge him a Misdemeanor and another YAWN TOP charge of a violation.? does this NOT speak volumes? please this should be taken very seriously.There should be a mandatory sentence applied to DV convictions NOT for DRUG CRIMES.. this GpS warning device is a great idea. it will REALLY force them to stay away. it should be mandatory in NY and all FIVE boroughs. Not just SI . Good job on this.PS: In a comment (I made earlier this year, on another news website,when a women in East Village NY, was brutally mutilated and killed by her previously DV convicted BF) I suggested that there be a DV offender data base (just like sex offender DB). Thanks for doing this GPS please put it on ALL who have been convicted and have a PO. sadly, It is common knowledge, that these abuser will go where the woman is ,and sadly, because they have charmed the woman of how they have changed and how much they love her. sadly she is seduced into believing and allows it (mostly).

It is a violation of inalienable rights. This prosecutor swore to uphold the Constitution. Gov’t can;t provide security like the Second Amendment can. “Shall not be infringed.” This fairy tale that gov’t supplants one’s right and duty to self defense is the travesty. Give the woman a gun and some shooting lessons. A lot more legal and a lot cheaper than 10 bucks a day.