More states embrace GPS monitoring in abuse cases - NYTimes.com
May 8, 2009
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — When Theresa, a 51-year-old mother of two living near this coastal town, filed for a restraining order against her husband, she thought it would help put an end to the beatings, death threats and stalking that had tormented her family for years.
Kelly Dunne, associate director of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center in Newburyport, Mass., has helped cities decide which domestic violence cases should be recommended for GPS monitoring.
She won the order, but her husband, Joel, a West Point graduate with a master’s degree who police reports say hid 17 guns in their home, did not seem to care. He violated the restraining order three times, she said...
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — When Theresa, a 51-year-old mother of two living near this coastal town, filed for a restraining order against her husband, she thought it would help put an end to the beatings, death threats and stalking that had tormented her family for years.
Kelly Dunne, associate director of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center in Newburyport, Mass., has helped cities decide which domestic violence cases should be recommended for GPS monitoring.
She won the order, but her husband, Joel, a West Point graduate with a master’s degree who police reports say hid 17 guns in their home, did not seem to care. He violated the restraining order three times, she said...
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