People of Faith CT

Today's Hartford Courant has an article on GPS malfunctioning of ankle bracelets used to monitor people on parole:

Pollitt's lawyers and his sister also say his ankle unit has been replaced more than five times in 11 months because it repeatedly tracks him in the wrong location.

That includes times when he was asleep in bed at home and awakened by a call from probation officers, who were alerted by the system that he was out of range.

Blumenthal said Friday that he will contact the state Judicial Branch and Kane's office to launch an investigation into the tracking service and the contractor that oversees it.

Rell called the tracking problem "disappointing and frankly maddening," saying the state needs reassurances about whether the GPS units are reliable and what safeguards will be enacted to prevent future mistakes.

"We use GPS tracking for a reason. In fact we pay quite a bit of money for it - but it's not about the money, it's about safety," she said.