Ankle Monitor Phone Number
The program uses a variety of technologies to monitor juvenile offenders. Most commonly, the juvenile is placed on radio frequency or cell units. Certain types of offenders are placed on the continuous alcohol monitor for alcohol abuse. Monitoring juveniles creates unique obstacles which differ from normal electronic monitoring programs. The courts have very few alternative sanctions for juvenile non-compliance, thus requiring a creative approach to enforcement of violations.
The Remediation program serves as a final effort by the sheriff, probation, and electronic monitoring to keep an offender in the community before a more severe sentence is imposed. The Remediation program was created in conjunction with probation to give the court an alternative sentencing option for probation revocation filings. Offenders are initially sentenced to a stay of 30 days in the Denver County Jail and are then placed on monitoring. The Sheriff’s Department then determines what type of monitoring technology is needed, the length of sentence, and whether the offender will be allowed to serve that sentence at home or will have to report back to the jail nightly. This program is designed to facilitate successful completion of probation terms that were not being met prior.
Currently, alcohol monitoring in our department, uses a device that tests offender alcohol concentration through the skin (trans-dermal alcohol concentration, or TAC). The bracelet is water-resistant and tamper-resistant. The offender is tested at least 24-times per day. If alcohol is detected, the system automatically begins sampling every 20 minutes until alcohol is no longer present. The results are collected throughout the day and stored in the bracelet. The results are uploaded once a day via a modem to the offender's home, or once a week to the office. The results are then analyzed and posted on a secure website, so officers can access the information when needed. If the Defendant attempts to place objects (tape, playing cards, paper, etc…) between the skin and the bracelet to defeat it, the built-in tamper technology will alert the officer.
Drug Court utilizes electronic monitoring as an alternative to jail for offenders who are in the Drug Court Program in Denver District court. Most offenders are sentenced to a weekend where they are “locked down” or incarcerated in their home as the jail, utilizing a radio frequency monitor or the continuous alcohol monitor. Traditionally, electronic monitoring has been used as a sanction by the court for offenders who violate court rules, but it has also been used for longer sentences.
The Electronic Monitoring Program works with the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Hearing Division to continuously monitor offender sobriety 24-hours a day. Offenders may be ordered by hearing officers to complete continuous alcohol monitoring as a condition of license reinstatement. Hearing Officers are notified about violations and can choose to either terminate the offender from the program or extend the length of time they must be on the alcohol monitor. Additionally, offenders can choose not to wear the bracelet and be subject to alternative guidelines of license re-instatement set by law and the hearing officer.