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admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:50:52 +0000

Home Security Cameras

A home is one of the biggest investments any person can make so it’s in your best interest to keep your investment safe. Whether you want a nanny cam to watch the babysitter or an entire security system there are camera options to meet your needs.

How to Choose a Home Security Camera

Instructions.

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Pick a spot in which to put your security cameras. The location will play a large role in determining the type of camera you’ll need.

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Consider a wired security camera if it will always remain in one position.

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Consider a wireless camera if you need to send signals through walls and floors.

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Buy a battery-operated model if your camera must function without electricity, or if you want a camera unencumbered by wires.

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Read reviews of home security cameras to determine which one best suits your needs. Browse magazines such as “Consumer Reports” to find unbiased reviews. This magazine and others like it do not accept any money from the companies whose goods they test.

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Visit Web forums to ask questions about home security cameras. You can chat with people who have already used the product you’re considering.

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Search the Internet or visit stores to find the best price.

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Use auction sites such as eBay to find the best deal. Remember to ask about warranties and shipping charges.

Security Cameras CCTV

A Brief History of Surveillance Video Recording Technology

You will quickly learn that all DVR’s and surveillance solutions are not alike. Quality, performance and reliability vary widely. It’s not what the manufacturers and installers do tell you, rather what they omit. The object of this guide is to make sure the products and solutions you specify meet your required overall objectives.

Prior to the digital age surveillance video was recorded on videocassette recorders (VCR’s). Since videocassettes don’t store more then several hours of video on a traditional VCR, time lapse recorders were used. The time lapse recorder may record a single frame of video each second or even less, instead of 30 frames per second, which is live motion. With a single frame of video being recorded you only had to change the tape once every 4-5 days. The only problem there was:

someone had to remember to change the tape when it ran out
since only a single frame or less was recorded many times you missed details of an incident
since the tape was recorded over and over the video quality became poor very quickly
tapes would break and jam
machines wore out quickly
you had to go to the location to see the tape and could not do it remotely

Since you only wanted one video cassette recorder, the question was how am I going to record multiple cameras? After all, if I need 16 cameras was I going to have to buy 16 time lapse recorders? The answer was no. A piece of hardware known as a multiplexer or a quad was used, which would take all the video images and put them all on a single screen.

The quad or the multiplexer was a box with multiple video inputs on one side and a single video output on the other side. The problem there is imagine how small the images are and trying to see what happened, when an image takes up 1/16th of a screen; with no way to blow them up; good luck!

DVR technology for security began in the early-to-mid 90’s with mechanical-type devices. They typically were operated by remote controllers and buttons or dials on the DVR box itself. Easy to operate, their functions and keys were similar to a device users were already familiar with; the VCR. Unfortunately, due to technological limitations, early DVR’s were not reliable, had limited features, offered poor quality video recording and were not powerful enough or designed properly to provide solutions that could address managing large amounts of cameras and video. Customers required more capable and reliable systems, which resulted in the introduction of PC-based DVR’s.

The PC-based DVR brought enhanced features and were programmable, but the early models were plagued by inherent reliability problems and still did not have the requisite robustness in order to manage anything of substantial size.

DVR Security Cameras

Today, both PC based and non-PC based DVR’s and related solutions are much improved over their early predecessors. Considerable advances in digital video technology and equipment have opened as many doors to users as they present challenges and quality issues for manufacturers.

Many people have the misconception that a PC-Based DVR is merely a PC with video capture (encoder) cards, display (decoder) cards and some off-the-shelf software. This explains the presence of hundreds of DVR and security companies that have literally sprung up overnight.

While these companies may hold themselves out to be “manufacturers” and security specialists – beware – few can deliver what they promise. In later chapters, we will discuss some of the “sleight of hands” to throw the unknowing off the track- in the quest of anything to make a sale.

At a recent security industry trade show we attended there were hundreds of exhibitor booths with DVR’s on display. In fact, it was difficult to find a booth without one. Many possessed attractive literature and some phenomenal marketing claims. However, many were unable to provide a live demonstration of their equipment and just limited it to a “canned” and “controlled” demonstration. Others, when trying to show the features listed in their sales brochures upon specific request, experienced problems.

A true DVR, meant for security, is a sophisticated system composed of specialized hardware, software and sub-assemblies with built-in checks and balances. It all must work in unison to create a robust and reliable solution. There is no margin for error. Down-time costs money.

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admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:09:05 +0000

GPS monitoring of repeat sexual offenders: We’re looking at you!

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:14:10 +0000

The ravages of domestic abuse never fade. Forty years after my escape from a marriage that nearly took my life, the emotional scars are still visible. Remarried, I’m good at playing the part of confident woman, happy wife and blessed mother. Most of the time, the act doesn’t take much effort. Time has honed my performance skills.

In my recent past, going to the post office or grocery store solo was a major accomplishment. Leaving the house after dark alone – well, that’s a work in progress. Pumping gasoline is still difficult because I feel exposed and vulnerable while waiting for the tank to fill. Seldom do I let the gauge go under the half way mark. “An ounce of prevention,” as Ben Franklin advised us, “is worth a pound of cure.” Far too many abused women have learned the painful fact that a “cure” is rarely possible.

As if my brush with domestic abuse wasn’t bad enough, in 2007 my then 27-year old daughter was kidnapped, beaten and repeatedly raped by a maintenance man who worked in the apartment complex where she lived. He used a master key to gain entrance and tortured her for over three hours. Miraculously, she survived. Her assailant is serving a life sentence for his crime, but, as we all know, in the criminal justice system “life” does not necessarily mean until a convicted felon stops breathing. Needless to say, I am a major proponent of anything that will protect women and children from the very real possibility of pain and/or death that is too often their fate.

Recently, I read with great interest about Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) used for tracking/monitoring violent offenders. According to an article on abuse, twenty-three states are using GPS technology to track assailants. By the latest statistics, the total number of individuals being so monitored is over 5000. That means a lot of women and children are living in fear of their lives on a daily basis.

Among the states that have adopted this technology are Missouri, Wisconsin, California, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Florida. The State of Florida, where my daughter was attacked, requires mandatory lifetime tracking for perpetrators of crimes against children under the age of 11. Wisconsin also mandates lifetime GPS monitoring for repeat child predators.

Based on numerous studies, it has been determined that parolees are less likely to assault another person when they know they are being tracked. Since many experts believe that a predilection toward rape and pedophilia is incurable, lifetime monitoring of repeat offenders should be the norm – not the exception – in all fifty states no matter the age of the victim.

Research showed that not all GPS tracking/monitoring systems are alike. Different systems offer varying levels of protection and, depending on whom you are talking to, different interpretations of tracking/monitoring. Most companies that manufacture these systems advertise that their control centers are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Technically, that’s true. There is, however, a caveat not as readily offered.

Tracking merely allows parole/probation officers to see where an offender was when a warning message was sent to their “In box” – not where that offender is at the present moment. An hour or more might pass before that warning is retrieved and, by then, the offender may already have committed another crime. Monitoring is done in “real time,” meaning an offender is never out of sight. “We’re looking at you!”

In reviewing the levels of protection offered by electronic supervision, I learned that all manufacturers of GPS monitoring systems claim to offer full service but many skew the definition of “real time.” Only the immediate transmission of a warning will allow sufficient opportunity to take precautionary measures. Anything less is 59 minutes too late!

If you or a child in your care have been a victim of abuse, contact your local authorities to find out if GPS technology is available in your area. Should the answer be yes, demand to know what kind and be prepared to fight for real time monitoring, if necessary.

If GPS is not being used to track repeat offenders, find an advocacy group to work with toward that end. The life you save could be your own or that of someone you love.

It should be noted that the use of GPS in family court, i.e. divorce/child custody/spousal abuse, is still sporadic. Judges seem to favor restraining orders in cases where the threat of violence is present. If anyone can show me a restraining order printed on paper strong enough to withstand a bullet or fist, please contact me.

Written by

Donna Carbone

West Palm Beach Women’s Issues Examiner

Police Were Unable To Locate Man On GPS Monitoring

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:11:03 +0000

MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man facing 75 felony charges ranging from stalking and sexual assault to child pornography and bail jumping went off the grid for hours while he was supposed to be on a county GPS monitoring system.

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Offender Pay-Charging the UnEmployable for GPS Monitoring

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:07:49 +0000

RED NOTES BY DAVE SMITH, CFCAMERICA.ORG

The government in America creates laws which allow for citizens to be placed in a revolving door of arrests for crimes created by politicians. No hope for escape of the Revolving Door of the United States Prison System. Publicly branded and humiliated, loaded with rules and regulations and financial burdens placed upon them by the state.. these people are destined to fail.

Any person who has been successfully labeled a sex offender in America is practically unemployable. In the words of Congressman Bobby Scott of Virginia, Once a person is placed upon a public sex offender registry, their life is basically over. Given that information, the company Secure Alert is pushing tax payers to fund their GPS monitoring services and have the Ex Offender pay the bill. If the ex offender committed any sort of sexual crime, even streaking or urinating in public, and this could have been decades ago..and that ex offender is on the public registry then that person will in all probability find it almost impossible to get a job. If that person is required by law enforcement to wear a GPS device and is Required by law enforcement and Secure Alert to PAY A MONTHLY FEE FOR THAT DEVICE then that person will end up in Violation of their parole, probation or sex offender registration laws. What does this all mean? It means that they will be on their way to Prison with a New Charge.. Failure To Register as a sex offender. This will send them to prison and it could be as long as 10 years or more, for simply not having the money to pay for GPS monitoring.

Who pays for that person to be in prison for 10 years, for simply not having a job? YOU, THE TAX PAYER DOES. Who pays the politician who suckers you the tax payer into this revolving door scheme? YOU, THE TAX PAYER DOES. And one of the saddest things about all this is, GPS TRACKING PROTECTS NO BODY FROM A CRIME BEING COMMITTED.

With budgets continually decreasing, offender/family pay programs from SecureAlert allow your agency to monitor your offenders regardless of the overall budgetary environment. The concept is simple. Offenders or their families pay a fixed amount or a percentage of what they earn to your agency, covering your monitoring and administrative costs. Basically afreedom tax, SecureAlert pay programs are tailored to the needs of your agency, either augmenting and assisting your staff or fully implementing the program. Pay programs give an added layer of responsibility andaccountability for the offender, while giving them the opportunity to become a productive member of society. What they are saying here is states can hire Secure Alert to charge ex offenders for being forced to wear their GPS product. Profiting from Ex Sex Offenders.

Standard Offender Pay Services

With Standard Service, your organization is responsible for installation, de-installation, Offender Contract signing, and payment collection activities

Full Offender Pay Services

With the Full Service option, SecureAlert provides onsite personnel to perform all management functions. This option provides Offender Pay administration including the signing of agreements with offenders and the collection of funds directly from offenders. There is typically a minimum offender requirement of 100 offenders for the Full Service option in order to make it economically viable; however, for those areas where participation is limited, surrounding communities can work together to create a joint program that includes the benefits inherently found in larger programs.

This company wants ex offenders to be forced to PAY for their own GPS tracking systems.. knowing if they are labeled a sex offender, they will not have any money as all applications now ask if the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime or sex crime.. if sex crime.. NO HIRE is in place. Not only that but just about every apartment or housing office STRICTLY ENFORCES NO RENTING TO SEX OFFENDERS.

So, the jobless, homeless ex offender who is out there trying to do better after learning his or her lesson is now required to pay for GPS monitoring, or face New Charges and Prison… What a revolving door scheme to make money!

Appeals court supports GPS tracking

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:02:46 +0000

August 28, 2010 11:21 PM

BY CHRIS McDANIEL – SUN STAFF WRITER

Local law enforcement agencies can now legally enter private driveways, install GPS tracking devices onto vehicles there and track the owner without having to get a warrant, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

“We do have access to that equipment and there have been occasions when we’ve used it,” said Capt. Eben Bratcher, Yuma County Sheriff’s Office public information officer, adding they only do so where it is allowed by law. “We follow the law in its application in every circumstance.”

The Yuma Police Department also has access to the GPS tracking technology.

“We are aware of the technology but have not used them in the past,” said Sgt. Clint Norred, YPD public information officer.

The 9th Circuit has jurisdiction over Arizona and several other Western states. The ruling was made in January of this year by Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and N. Randy Smith, 9th Circuit judges, and Charles R. Wolle, senior 9th Circuit judge, after an appeal by Juan Pineda-Moreno, a man convicted of growing marijuana in Oregon who claimed his Fourth Amendment rights had been violated by police.

Over a four-month period in 2007, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents repeatedly monitored Pineda-Moreno’s Jeep using various types of mobile tracking devices to gather enough information to make an arrest, the court stated.

“Each device was about the size of a bar of soap and had a magnet affixed to its side, allowing it to be attached to the underside of a car. Agents installed these devices on the underside of Pineda-Moreno’s Jeep on seven different occasions.”

On two of those occasions, the Jeep was parked in Pineda-Moreno’s driveway a few feet from the side of his trailer, the court revealed.

The three-judge panel stated since the driveway leading up to the trailer was open and agents did not observe any fence, gate or “No Trespassing” signs indicating that they were not to enter the property, they were legally allowed to come onto the property and place the GPS devices.

According to the court, the agents entered Pineda-Moreno’s driveway between 4 and 5 a.m. and attached the tracking devices to the Jeep. Once in place, the tracking devices recorded and logged the precise movements of the vehicle.

The curtilage is the portions of a homeowner’s property so closely associated with the home as to be considered part of it, explained Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th Circuit.

This includes the walkway leading from the street to the house, the stairs from the walkway to the porch, the porch, attached garage, the detached shed, the front lawn, the driveway and the backyard (if fenced).

The Jeep was parked in Pineda-Moreno’s driveway, which is only a semiprivate area having no features to prevent someone standing in the street from seeing the entire driveway, the panel stated.

Kozinski, who opposes the ruling, was disturbed by that assumption. “The panel holds that Pineda-Moreno was required to separately establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in the curtilage,” he wrote. “That … is like requiring the homeowner to establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in his bedroom.”

The panel that made the ruling also believed since Pineda-Moreno allowed the mail carrier and other workers to walk through his driveway, as well as visitors coming to call, that by default meant the agents could do the same.

“If a neighborhood child had walked up Pineda-Moreno’s driveway and crawled under his Jeep to retrieve a lost ball or runaway cat, Pineda-Moreno would have no grounds to complain,” they stated. “Thus, because Pineda-Moreno did not take steps to exclude passersby from his driveway, he cannot claim a reasonable expectation of privacy in it, regardless of whether a portion of it was located within the curtilage of his home.”

Kozinski disagreed. “The panel’s rationale for concluding that Pineda-Moreno had no reasonable expectation of privacy is even more worrisome than its disregard of Supreme Court precedent,” he wrote.

“There are many parts of a person’s property that are accessible to strangers for limited purposes … This doesn’t mean that we invite neighbors to use the pool, strangers to camp out on the lawn or police to snoop in the garage. The panel authorizes police to do not only what invited strangers could, but also uninvited children — in this case crawl under the car to retrieve a ball and tinker with the undercarriage.”

In conclusion, the panel ruled that the agents did not invade his property, they conducted no search and there was no Fourth Amendment violation since Pineda-Moreno could not prove they had entered a private area.

According to Kozinski, now only the very rich will still be able to protect their privacy with the aid of electric gates, tall fences, security booths, remote cameras, motion sensors and roving patrols.

The next step to appeal the 9th Circuit would be the U.S. Supreme Court.

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admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:59:43 +0000

California Senate approves life sentences for some molesters

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:33:29 +0000

By Don Thompson Associated Press
Posted: 08/24/2010 05:35:07 PM PDT

SACRAMENTO — California state senators unanimously approved tough legislation Tuesday that calls for locking up some convicted child molesters for life.

The bill was spurred by the slaying of two teenagers and named after 17-year-old Chelsea King, who was murdered in a San Diego County park this year. A convicted child molester has pleaded guilty to raping and killing King and 14-year-old Amber Dubois.

“This tragedy exposed a number of serious flaws in how California deals with violent sex offenders,” said Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta, who carried the bill in the Senate.

The bill would reserve life without parole for adult predators who kidnap, drug, bind, torture or use a weapon while committing a sex crime against a child. The life terms could be ordered for first-time and repeat offenders.

The measure also increases other penalties for child molesters, including requiring lifetime parole with GPS tracking for those convicted of forcible sex crimes against children under 14. Current law permits lifetime GPS monitoring, but most tracking ends when offenders leave parole.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office had found the increased prison terms and parole monitoring could eventually cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars a year. However, the bill’s author, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, amended the bill in the Senate to offset its cost as the state faces a $19 billiondeficit.

Because it was amended, AB1844 must return to the Assembly for a final vote before it goes to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who issued a statement supporting the bill.

One amendment restricts the bill’s lifetime parole provision to habitual sex offenders and those convicted of crimes such as aggravated sexual assault on a child. People convicted of other sex crimes involving children would be monitored for 10 or 20 years after leaving prison.

The bill includes recommendations from the state’s Sex Offender Management Board to improve monitoring of paroled sex offenders, which Fletcher said would cut costs by preventing new crimes.

Kelly King, Chelsea’s mother, said she had tears streaming down her face as she watched the vote from the family’s new home in Illinois.

“I can’t think of anything short of having our daughter back that would be more meaningful,” she told reporters during a conference call.

Brent King, Chelsea’s father, said the family will work to promote similar laws around the nation.

Senators also unanimously approved two bills supported by Maurice Dubois, father of Amber Dubois. Both measures were co-authored by Assemblymen Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, and Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley.

The first, AB33, supports uniform guidelines on how law enforcement agencies should respond to missing persons reports.

The second, AB34, requires the state’s Violent Crime Information Center to send information about a reported abduction to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons system within two hours. The same two-hour deadline would apply to local law enforcement reports to the Department of Justice. The current deadline is four hours.

Both bills will return to the Assembly for final consideration.

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:28:03 +0000

(OTCBB: SCRA – SecureAlert, Inc.) LATEST NEWS!!

SecureAlert, Inc. Makes History by Signing First-Ever GPS Offender Monitoring Contract in Brazil, Following Passage of New National Law SANDY, UT, Aug 19, 2010 — SecureAlert, Inc. (OTCBB: SCRA), a national leader in offender intervention and tracking technologies widely utilized by public safety agencies throughout the United States, and now expanding globally, together with International Surveillance Services Corporation, its Latin American distribution partner and Empresa Brasileira de Seguranca Ltda., its local monitoring partner, announce the very first GPS offender monitoring contract ever to be signed in the history of Brazil.

On Monday, August 16, 2010 the Superintendent of Correctional Services (SUSEPE) Mario Santa Maria Junior, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, signed an emergency contract with the Company through SecureAlert’s Brazilian partners to immediately deploy 200 of the Company’s TrackerPAL II(e) devices on offenders located in and around the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. SUSEPE has already identified an initial 256 eligible offenders to participate in the program and has also communicated the need to publish requirements by the end of August 2010 for an additional 800 offenders to be monitored, while forecasting growth to 5,000 offenders in total, as offender electronic monitoring is introduced statewide throughout Rio Grande do Sul going forward.

SecureAlert, Inc., together with its partners in Latin America, have worked for the last three years to create awareness and to demonstrate the advantages and benefits of offender monitoring technologies within Brazil and surrounding countries. The recognition of these efforts culminated on June 16, 2010 when Law 12.258 was approved and published by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (President of Brazil). The law authorizes offender electronic monitoring throughout Brazil, subject to certain conditions. The law signed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amends the Penal Code and the Penal Execution Law to provide for such monitoring and includes sanctions for non-compliance by offender participants.

“This is a historical moment for SecureAlert, as it paves the way for additional contracts and opportunities that the Company has pending throughout the Region,” said John Hastings President and Chief Operating Officer of SecureAlert. “Brazil in particular is very progressive in its thinking and creation of re-socialization initiatives, providing visionary support for both public safety and offender re-entry solutions, wherein electronic monitoring serves as one of many new tools and technologies that the government will utilize to successfully implement revolutionary correctional programs,” said Mr. Hastings.

Mr. Hastings further noted that over the past year, “SecureAlert and its proprietary TrackerPAL technologies and intervention solutions have received a great deal of recognition and public support, as illustrated by numerous articles and media coverage throughout Brazil, where the Company has successfully demonstrated and piloted its technologies for several state governments.” About SecureAlert SecureAlert is a leading edge, patented monitoring, case management and advanced communications Technology Company with a portfolio of services widely utilized by law enforcement agencies, judicial districts and county jurisdictions across the United States, and growing globally. Through its SecureAlert Monitoring, Inc. subsidiary, SecureAlert observes and tracks offenders wherever they may be — in their car, home or office. SecureAlert offers the only single-piece device which incorporates GPS tracking technology, 90 decibel alarm with 3-way voice, text and data communications, all of which interacts with real time intervention monitoring services, unrivaled in the industry. The SecureAlert programs allow probationers and paroled offenders to re-enter society by holding them accountable 24 hours a day, every day, supporting rehabilitation initiatives and providing for enhanced public safety, while reducing the overall burdens and costs carried by the criminal justice and corrections systems.

New Domestic Violence Prevention Bills

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:23:41 +0000

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed three bills into law that create broader protections for victims of domestic violence, electronic monitoring of violent offenders and greater awareness of teen dating violence— sweeping reforms the governor said will help prevent abuse and provide support and safety for victims in the “darkest moments.”

“Domestic violence is an issue that touches all walks of life. There is so much pain, so many damaged souls and so much loss. These news laws will strengthen what I believe are already some of the toughest domestic violence laws in the nation,” Rs. Rell said during a recent bill signing ceremony at the Connecticut Coalition on Domestic Violence in East Hartford.

“With these reforms we are providing the support and safety victims need in their darkest moments and harsh penalties for the offenders.,” she said.

The centerpiece of the reforms is House Bill 5497, An Act Concerning the Recommendations of the Speaker of the House of Representatives’ Task Force on Domestic Violence, which addresses numerous programs in criminal justice, social services and education.

The legislation resulted from a bipartisan task force formed by Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan (D-Meriden),

“We’re taking steps to reduce domestic violence, protect families and prosecute violators,” he said. “We need to put a stop to this terrible crime. Today we’re beginning to do just that.”

The law includes the following:

• A pilot program in which the high-risk offenders are electronically monitored and requires the Judicial Branch to apply for federal grants to fund the program;

• Expands information and disclosure requirements for family intervention units, courts and the Department of Children and Families;

• Allows the chief court administrator to establish domestic violence dockets in three geographical areas

• Expands the persistent offender law for crimes involving assault, trespass, threatening, harassment and violation of restraining or protective order.

• Allows courts to consider the convictions for essentially the same crimes in other states.

All provisions take effect Oct. 1, with the exception of the electronic monitoring funding, which is effective upon passage.

Mrs. Rell also signed the following bills:

• House Bill 5246, An Act Concerning the Protection of and Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.

The law makes it easier for tenants who are victims of family violence to terminate their rental agreement without penalty, creates a public service awareness campaign to prevent teen dating violence and mandates the state Department of Social Services to make payments from marriage license surcharges to domestic violence shelters.

The effective date is Oct. 1, except for marriage license surcharge funds and public service campaign, which were effective July 1.

• House Bill 5315, An Act Concerning Education and the Reduction of Domestic Violence.

The law requires school boards to offer training on preventing teen dating violence to employees as part of the health education information they must provide.

It became effective July 1.

The governor said the state has already dedicated more than $2 million in federal stimulus funds over the last year for a variety of domestic violence programs.

Most recently, the state awarded $140,000 in stimulus funds to the Judicial Branch to start a GPS monitoring program for domestic violence offenders in Bridgeport, Danielson and Hartford.

The funds will be used to purchase the monitoring service plus some equipment for a minimum of 21 high risk offenders.

The offenders will be identified by the courts.
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