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WA drops GPS monitoring for domestic violence offenders due to tech and response flaws.
The Western Australian Labor government has abandoned its plan for mandatory electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders outside Perth, citing unreliable technology and slow emergency response times in regional areas.
Despite introducing laws in December to track 409 high-risk individuals, officials confirmed in April that GPS monitoring is not feasible in towns like Bunbury and Katanning.
Courts have repeatedly acknowledged the limitations, with judges refusing to mandate tracking even in serious cases, such as a rape allegation, allowing accused individuals to relocate without surveillance.
Advocates warn that requiring monitoring without the capacity to deliver it gives victims a false sense of security, while opposition leaders and service providers criticize the reversal as a failure to protect women amid rising sexual violence reports and a justice system perceived as retraumatizing.
WA abandona el monitoreo de GPS para los delincuentes de violencia doméstica debido a fallas tecnológicas y de respuesta.