Twelve months ago Quebec became the first jurisdiction in Canada to launch a two-pronged tracking system for domestic violence suspects, and while victims' rights groups welcome the technology, they want to know more about its effectiveness.
The tracking equipment is composed of a bracelet for the suspect and a mobile device application that allows the victim to monitor the suspect's movements. Since the start of the program, Quebec authorities have used the bracelets in 20 cases, mostly in Quebec City and a few other areas of the province, excluding Montreal.
“There’s very little information out there," Riendeau said, adding that her group doesn't know whether the technology makes victims feel more safe. The bracelets can only be used with a victim's consent. They can be imposed on suspects who are released on bail, serving a community sentence, or released conditionnaly upon serving a sentence in a provincial jail. Domestic violence suspects can be ordered to wear them by a judge, a jail warden, or an officer with Quebec's parole board or corrections service.
Riendeau says groups have asked for a meeting with Public Security Minister François Bonnardel to get details about how the bracelet is being deployed. “The decision to adopt the … bracelet for people sentenced to penitentiary is the exclusive responsibility of the federal government,” Louise Quintin, a spokesperson for Quebec's Public Security Department, said in an email.
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