July 15, 2010
More problems with GPS, sex offender parolees
A glitch in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's monitoring system falsely notified officials that sex offenders were entering the California State Fair.
Many sex offenders are not allowed in the fair; the department set up a red violation zone that around Cal Expo that will alert them whenever one on parole wearing a GPS-monitoring device enters the fairgrounds.
The monitoring system worked perfectly Tuesday when KCRA 3 put it to the test.
Then, on the fair's opening day, parole agents received alerts that more than one sex offender was inside...
LINK - KCRA.com
