Probation authorities of Talas start using electronic tracking bracelets

Probation authorities of Talas region began to use electronic tracking bracelets and mobile monitoring applications. The press service of the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

«The introduction of electronic tracking is aimed at increasing the effectiveness of control over persons who have committed crimes involving the use or threat of violence, including cases of domestic violence. As part of these efforts, electronic bracelets and the mobile monitoring application are being introduced, and the risk assessment and classification system for probation clients is being improved,» the statement says.

To date, there are 173 clients registered with the probation authorities in Talas region. Of these, 15 citizens committed violent crimes:

• 2 — for causing bodily harm;
• 6 — for robbery;
• 1 — for kidnapping;
• 2 — for extortion;
• 3 — for domestic violence;
• 1 — for extremism.

Surveillance rules are being tightened for them in the form of electronic bracelets and the mobile application, which will allow to more effectively control their movements and increase the level of public safety.