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Electronic system and method for monitoring abusers for compliance with a protective order

  • US 5,266,944 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1991
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic monitoring system for monitoring compliance of a protective order, said protective order being imposed to restrain a first person from coming near a second person, said electronic monitoring system comprising:

  • a transmitter tag, said transmitter tag including transmitting means for periodically transmitting a first identification signal over a first range, and means for securely attaching said transmitter tag to said first person, whereby the first identification signal generated by the transmitter tag uniquely identifies said first person to whom the transmitter tag is attached;

    a monitoring device located proximate said second person, said monitoring device including;

    receiving means for receiving said first identification signal when said transmitter tag, and hence when the first person to whom said tag is securely attached, comes within said first range of said monitoring device,verification means for verifying that said first identification signal comprises the identification signal that is transmitted by the transmitter tag attached to said first person, andmeans responsive to said verification means for promptly establishing a telecommunicative link with a central processing unit (CPU) located at a central monitoring location remote from said monitoring device, and for sending to said CPU a notifying signal through said established telecommunicative link indicating that said first identification signal has been received and verified by said monitoring device, whereby said CPU is put on notice that the transmitter tag, and hence the first person to whom the transmitter tag is attached, has come within the limited range of said monitoring device, and hence that said first person has likely violated said protective order; and

    evidence gathering means coupled to said monitoring device and responsive to said verification means for automatically gathering evidence from a zone surrounding said monitoring device that helps to establish probable cause that the first person has entered said zone, said evidence gathering means including means for logging the receipt of said first identification signal, and further including a microphone and recording device that are activated in response to a determination by said verification means that said first identification signal has in fact been received by said receiving means;

    whereby a violation of said protective order by said first person may be established through evidence gathered by said evidence gathering means.

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