University Daily Kansan / Friday, May 5, 1989
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Lawrence police try to end drug problems, high-tech style
by Angela Clark Kansan staff writer
In the wake of increasing drug problems, Lawrence law enforcement agencies scramble for new solutions.
So far, those answers appear to be drug testing, mandatory detoxification and monitoring of offenders.
The solutions break with the past, said Jim Flory. Douglas County district attorney, because they concentration on reasons for drug abuse, not the crime.
"I don't know if the system acknowledged it a much back then," Flory said. "I think now that maybe he was in the room at the person and why they abuse."
National Institute of Justice research shows that mandatory drug testing is the best available method to ensure that parolees and those on probation remain drug free and thus less likely to jeopardize public safety. Those who test "clean" while under supervision have the opportunity to remain in the community pending trial.
Other solutions that have been suggested are an increase in supervision and a new approach to rehabilitation.
Floy testified in February to the Kansas Legislature in support of a new bill that would allow judges to receive rehabilitation before sentencing.
"By the time they stand before the judge for sentencing, there are no more facades. They've hit bottom," he said.
"If they aren't detoxified and if they don't shake the addiction, they aren't going to benefit from the programs available in the prisons," he said. "That's the first thing you have to deal with. Drug and alcohol treatment is better at the front door than at the back door."
Flory suggested creation of a state program similar to the mental health sentencing option judges now use. Before the sentencing of mentally ill people, the judge can commit the person to a psychiatric hospital until that person is competent to stand trial.
Because three of four people facing sentencing have some type of chemical dependency. Flory supports making the option available for use in淋浴.
Because so many are drug dependent, Court Services is staggering under the weight of supervision it must provide.
"The opportunity is there for a person to abuse more with less opportunity to catch them," Schweer said. "Right now, I have officers working early and late to do the work when it can't possibly be done."
Court Services has three people who supervise the 430 offenders under supervision, he said.
"We just can't do it." Schwerer said. "There is no way we can provide maximum supervision to all of those that require it."
But new technologies are helping to alleviate this manpower problem with the invention of home monitoring devices.
the devices were created in 1984, when a New Mexico judge was reading a Spiderman comic after a hard
day of sending criminals to overcrowded jails. In the comic, the bad guy put a bracelet on Spiderman to be able to monitor his every move. The judge thought it was a good idea. He then asked a friend of his to help him devise a viable monitoring bracelet.
The devices that are on the market today come in three forms: a wrist band, an ankle band or a small television set.
They are used to make sure people on probation are complying with their curfew, said Mark Matees, Douglas County Corrections Services.
The wrist bands are used with telephones. The person who is under supervision must be at home when the phone rings at a random time during his curfew. The person has a duration of time to place their wrist band in his phone. If this is not done in a prescribed time, the police are alerted.
If the band is cut off a radio signal alerts the corrections services within the police station. An added level of
supervision is that sometimes the client must answer the phone and respond to questions.
"If the person does not answer or sounds strange, then the computer center will call the police and tell them that the client sounded like." Matee said.
The ankle band is a passive system. The radio frequency verifies that the person is within a 150-yard distance of the phone when the center calls.
"The radio systems are a constant kind of monitoring." Matese said. "Especially if it is used in a drive-by unit — you can tell if a client is home getting out of the car. That is good especially in the rough neighborhoods."
The television, or Visitel, is used for a visual checkup on the offender. When the computer center calls, the offender stands in front of the Visitel and a picture is taken. The photo can be sent to his telephone. That way, they can make sure he is obeying his probation assignment, Matese said.
Although Lawrence does have the Visitel, it is not vet in use.
"The Visitei is the simplest," said Mark Rammussen, police spokesman for Klackamus County, Ore. "It is the real thing." But he's not forced to wear anything.
An addition to the Visitel is a breathalyzer that will record the inotoxication level of the offender. The higher the cost $700 each, Ramussen said.
Ramussen said that Klackauan was one of the first counties to use the monitoring devices in 1885 and have them in about 604 cases since they
"It's hard to say why we got the devices. It provides an alternative for the lower-risk offenders, helps alleviate jail overcrowding and eliminates the need for work-release centers."
Matese said that in Douglas County, the devices were used for people who are sentenced from 30 to 90 days in jail.
See COUNTY, p. 27, col. 1
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