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Most New Mexicans ordered to wear an ankle monitor while they await trial on criminal charges do not go on to commit another offense, according to the latest info.<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, the new statewide pretrial GPS tracking system so far shows that almost all alerts generated by ankle monitors result in nothing serious enough to justify a bench warrant which once issued by a judge, police can treat as an arrest warrant.<\/span><\/p>\n The Administrative Office of the Courts formed a 15-person team to keep an eye on ankle monitors and improve surveillance on behalf of courts around the state, said Celia Perry, manager of the Statewide Pretrial Program.<\/span><\/p>\n The Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Unit, launched in October, is observing people waiting for their day in court across four jurisdictions so far:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The office takes over pretrial surveillance for those courts when they close overnight, on weekends and holidays, or during inclement weather.<\/span><\/p>\n Poor supervision on weekends and holidays was an issue Bernalillo County\u2019s District Attorney Ra\u00fal Torrez raised last year when he built his argument to roll back criminal legal reforms in N.M. that did away with the cash bail system and lessened jail overcrowding, leaving the choice of whether to incarcerate someone before a trial entirely in the hands of judges.<\/span><\/p>\n NM Supreme Court strikes down attempt to weaken bail reform<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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