NASSAU- Police have formed a unit to arrest defendants who are wearing ankle bracelets for bail violations.
In the past week, members of the newly-formed Electronic Monitoring Unit arrested 38 men for alleged breaches of their bail conditions.
The suspects have been accused of either not keeping their curfew or failing to charge their tracking devices when the batteries become depleted.
Violating bail conditions became a criminal offense in 2016. Offenders could face prison sentences of up to five years and fines up to $50,000.
However, multiple people wearing ankle bracelets have alleged that the devices are faulty.
Metro Security Solutions, a fledgling company, was awarded the contract for the monitoring program in December 2021.
It’s unclear why the contract was taken from Migrafill Security.
