Rio Rancho Municipal Judge G. Robert Cook is requiring certain drunk driving offenders to wear 24 hour a day alcohol monitors.  The SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) Bracelets are worn for a specified amount of time.  The monitor tests for alcohol consumption every 4 minutes, automatically.  The device measures alcohol consumption through the participant’s […]

In 2011, Tennessee passed House Bill 3281 requiring courts to consider a number of options when a defendant is convicted of one or more drunk driving offenses.  The legislation ordered courts to consider the following alcohol monitoring devices as a condition of their release: Ignition Interlock devices; Transdermal monitoring devices; Electronic monitoring with random alcohol

The Third Judicial Drug Court invested $25,000 in an alcohol and drug monitoring program utilizing SCRAM CAM technology.  The alcohol monitoring devices are already being used across the state with many counties seeing an over 98% compliance rate.  Participants in the program will avoid jail time by wearing the device 24 hours a day, 7

Scenic Kootenai County, Idaho settled in the Idaho Panhandle has been successfully running a SCRAM CAM program for repeat DUI offenders charged in their district.  The director of the Adult Misdemeanor Probation became concerned with the high recidivism rate over 10 years ago.  The director decided to implement the use of alcohol monitoring bracelets for

According to authorities, Kenneth K. Malanowski, 41, was drinking and driving when he was involved in a crash that killed 26-year-old Stephanie Dokken.  Malanowski was released on bond with the condition that he wear the SCRAM bracelet.  The bracelet will monitor any alcohol consumption, testing the participant every 30 minutes.  Malanowski is required to wear

The Broome County District Attorney started a voluntary alcohol monitoring program for 1st DWI Offenders.  The program requires participants to wear an ankle monitor for 90 days and enroll in alcohol-related counseling.  Participants must also participate in a crime victim impact panel session.  The ankle monitor is worn 24 hours a day, 7 days a

Soap Actress Jensen Buchanan was re-arrested after allegedly drinking while on probation for driving under the influence.  The embattled One Life to Live and Another World actress was released from jail late last year after serving two months in jail for a DUI with injury case that left one man critically injured.  As a condition

Originally Robert Fuentes Jr. had bail set at $75k when he allegedly tampered with the victim in a kidnapping and assault case out of Cascade County, Montana.  Fuentes is believed to have threatened a woman who was held against her will in a hotel and violently beaten.  Authorities suggest that Fuentes called the victim and

Today marks the first day that the St. Lawrence County Probation Department will begin implementing their electronic monitoring program.  Defendants will be able to avoid jail pretrial by submitting to electronic monitoring.  The county received a $196,596 grant from the Division of Criminal Justice Services to use 39 devices each year.  The probation department will

Harry Phelan, 31, of DeKalb County, was arrested for a 4th offense driving under the influence charge after he allegedly crashed into a house while drunk.  He has been released from jail and is required to undergo 24 hour a day alcohol monitoring with an alcohol monitoring bracelet such as a SCRAM device.  Phelan, according