In 2008, Tulsa implemented the Tulsa Veterans Treatment Court to work with military veterans who are charged with nonviolent offenses and have drug or alcohol dependencies.  The program is supported by a federal grant as well as private funding and donations.  Participation is voluntary and supervised by a judge.  The goal of the court is […]

The now 27-year-old, Sarah Walker, has been required to wear an alcohol-monitoring device since her release from arrest in 2014.  Walker was arrested for DUI Manslaughter after she collided with a bus resulting in the death of the Florida High track team’s bus driver.  The crash caused the bus to leave the roadway and crash

The Reno County Community Corrections received a federal grant to assist in monitoring juvenile offenders with drug and alcohol problems.  The Reno County Commission approved a l contract for the Corrections department to begin leasing the GPS Monitors.  The contract is significantly less and can be offered at no cost to the defendant or their

Why Iowa needs to implement real change to decrease drunk driving A recent editorial in the Des Moines Register highlights the need for real change to occur in the next assembly.  According to the article, Iowa saw a stark increase in the number of alcohol or drug related fatalities over the last 4 years.  Little

Michael Floyd was cut by the Arizona Cardinals after his arrest for driving under the influence in Scottsdale.  According to authorities his blood alcohol level was .217 after he was found passed out behind the wheel of his SUV at an intersection.  Shortly after his arrest, Floyd was claimed off waivers by the New England

Pend Oreille County in Northeastern Washington is a small area populated by around 13,000 residents.  Many of the residents work in the timber or mining industries and live in rural areas.  Despite its size, Pend Oreille County Probation Department can carry a very heavy caseload of 400 to 800 cases.  The majority of these cases

Boone County, Illinois has reported taxpayers’ savings in the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars by requiring DUI offenders to wear ankle-monitoring devices. The program began in 2014 when the Boone County State’s Attorney’s office announced that it would start implementing use of the SCRAM devices for repeat drunk drivers. Many believe that the

In a high-profile sexual assault case, a judge is requiring former “most eligible bachelor” and Boston Attorney Gary Zerola to wear a GPS Monitoring Device, avoid alcohol, stay away from the alleged victim and maintain curfew while awaiting trial on a $10,000 cash bail. Zerola is a former assistant district attorney who now practices criminal

The Onondaga County Probation department has been requiring repeat DWI offenders to wear SCRAM alcohol monitoring bracelets for the past year now and according to probation Commissioner Andy Sicherman the program is slowly increasing the requirements. In Onondaga County a participant is not required to pay for the device, which generally costs between $8 and

Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott is facing a problem familiar to many sheriffs’ departments across the nation: jail overcrowding. There are simply too many inmates and not enough beds. At one point the Missoula County Jail was so overcrowded that it had to transfer inmates to a nearby detention facility to keep inmates from sleeping