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Government concern over ankle bracelets
Government concern over ankle bracelets
NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said yesterday the government is "concerned" about the effectiveness of the ankle bracelet monitoring system and greater restrictions need to be placed on offenders.
ICS responds to ankle bracelet criticism
ICS responds to ankle bracelet criticism
The CEO of the security firm contracted to monitor offenders who are outfitted with electronic ankle bracelets said the company is willing to work with the government and police to improve the program. Stephen Greenslade, owner of ICS Security Concepts, said he made several recommendations to Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell to improve the system in January, however, many of thes...
Nottage: Ankle bracelet system ineffective
Nottage: Ankle bracelet system ineffective
The ankle bracelet monitoring system is not worth the money the government has invested in it, according to National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage, who said too many crimes have been committed by suspects who are a part of the program.
"We are finding now that crimes are being committed by people with the bracelet on. If that's going to happen then it's not worth the investment that we've...
Operator Defends Ankle Bracelet Security Program
Operator Defends Ankle Bracelet Security Program
I.C.S. Security Concepts CEO and President Stephen Greenslade is defending his company's management of the government's ankle bracelet security program and said it would be less effective if taken over by the police force, a move Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage has recommended.
Nottage suggests improvements to electronic ankle bracelet program
Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage said he wants magistrates to place greater restrictions on defendants who are outfitted with ankle bracelets to limit the areas they can travel.
"One of the things that I would like to see is for magistrates or judges, when they release these people on bail with ankle bracelets, that they restrict where they can go because if they have license to g...
Police: Man Cut Off Ankle Bracelet And Committed Murder
Police allege that a man committed murder after cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet. Keno Johnson, the man suspected of the murder of an unidentified man whose decaying corpse was found in bushes off Marshall Road last Wednesday, was wanted for a breach of his bail conditions, authorities confirmed.
Man With Ankle Bracelet Arrested For Armed Robbery
Man With Ankle Bracelet Arrested For Armed Robbery
A man wearing an ankle bracelet was arrested over the weekend for illegal gun possession, The Nassau Guardian can reveal.
Glitch causes ankle bracelet system shutdown
Glitch causes ankle bracelet system shutdown
A glitch caused the electronic monitoring system to shut down on Tuesday, according to a Nassau Guardian source, who is closely involved in national security issues.
The source was unable to say the exact nature of the glitch, but noted that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) network plays a critical role in the monitoring system.
However, no incidents were reported, said the source, w...
Man with ankle bracelet goes missing
Man with ankle bracelet goes missing
The monitoring center has lost track of a drug suspect who was tagged with an ankle bracelet as a condition of his bail, The Nassau Guardian has learned.
David Colebrook, who has two pending drug trafficking cases, reportedly failed to charge his bracelet weeks after a judge refused to order the removal of the device to allow him to go fishing, according to a well-placed source.
The monitoring c...
Ankle bracelet removed from drug suspect
Ankle bracelet removed from drug suspect
A judge on Friday ordered the removal of an electronic monitoring bracelet from an accused drug smuggler.
Lathario Dion Rose, who is also known as Dion "Buju" Minnis, appeared before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs to have his bail conditions altered.
Police arrested Rose in March 2011 after they seized 852 pounds of marijuana off the Ragged Island chain. Rose is charged with drug possession with intent...