Ankle Patrol (Source: Ankle Patrol)
Ankle Patrol has announced the launch of its web-accessed supervision platform, designed to support and streamline oversight workflows for courts, probation agencies, bonding companies, immigration authorities, and related organizations requiring monitoring capabilities. The platform offers a software-first alternative that is superior to and less costly than traditional hardware-based monitoring that requires a monitored participant to wear a bulky and stigmatizing ankle monitor. Ankle Patrol’s process emphasizes discreet check-ins, timely communication, and a unified interface that can help simplify routine release monitoring and compliance oversight while easing cost and operational burdens faced by supervising agencies.
“We believe people under supervision benefit from a system that prioritizes dignity, while also ensuring supervisors have access to real-time information and location verification, as well as the ability to communicate instantly and securely with their participants,” says CEO Craig Brazeman. “Ankle Patrol was designed from the ground up to eliminate the stigma of ankle monitors, and to bring greater dignity and technology to traditional monitoring supervision practices. Ankle Patrol is focused on making compliance easier and more efficient for supervisors dealing with ever-expanding caseloads and overcrowded jails. Moreover, Ankle Patrol has aimed to give those who oversee others real-time management tools and a robust, user-friendly platform to vastly improve monitoring efficiency, quickly addressing any monitoring issues that may arise.”
To fulfill that mission, Ankle Patrol integrates mobile and web technologies into a unified supervision system that uses facial biometrics and real-time location verification. Participants use the mobile app to satisfy their supervisor’s random or on-demand check-ins and to instantly respond to communication requests sent by the supervisor.
Ankle Patrol (Source: Ankle Patrol)
Supervisors can also access a secure dashboard that displays real-time status updates, secure communication threads, and additional compliance prompts that can include requests for drug testing. Automated messaging and prompt alerts help reduce delays often caused by third-party reporting found in antiquated ankle monitoring systems. These technologies and enhanced features present a massive step forward in the monitoring industry for courts, bonding companies, law enforcement, probation offices, border control, and any other entity or agency that requires cutting-edge monitoring.
Functionality is built around a supervisor’s customary tasks and requirements. For example, supervisors can view their current participants, initiate confidential one-on-one messaging, request or coordinate drug testing, and create reports through integrated workflows. The platform supports digital check-in procedures, often alleviating the need for time-consuming in-person probation reporting. Notifications of failed verifications are immediately routed to both the participants and their supervisors to shorten the alert window, and one-touch communication enables prompt dialogue whenever follow-up is needed.
This phone-based approach serves as an alternative to monitoring devices that are physically intrusive and stigmatized in society. “We’ve aimed to create a more discreet option that can support reintegration and help minimize the stigma associated with visible monitoring tools,” says Brazeman. By offering a software-based compliance pathway that still provides supervisors with location verification, identity confirmation, and communication tools, Ankle Patrol seeks to balance required oversight with the participant’s individual dignity, which fosters the preservation of work and community engagement for participants.
The patent-pending product’s origins trace back to a focused effort to meet the needs of probation and immigration supervision within an industry that hasn’t seen significant technological improvements in years. Initially focused on simplifying check-ins for those under supervision, the Ankle Patrol team, whose backgrounds include ownership of a private investigations firm, law enforcement training, and involvement in the court system over many decades, expanded the concept. They did so after receiving feedback from early users, such as professionals across supervision, enforcement, and judicial services.
Overall, Ankle Patrol positions its platform as a practical and cost-effective tool for a wide range of oversight contexts, including local probation offices, bonding services, court systems, and federal and local agencies managing arrival and asylum processes. By shifting monitoring functions to software technology and leveraging the capabilities of common mobile devices, Ankle Patrol’s platform is intended to help reduce high recurring costs that are often a source of concern for those individuals under supervision, and to alleviate the cost concerns of courts handling monitoring-related requests. To wit, Ankle Patrol reports that its innovative service is less than half the cost of traditional ankle monitoring services.
Brazeman adds, “Ankle Patrol’s ultimate objective is to provide agencies with scalable technology that reduces administrative burdens. At the same time, Ankle Patrol strives to offer a compassionate, non-stigmatizing solution for individuals in the court or immigration systems who require monitoring within the bounds of the legal framework.”
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Published by: Pathos Communications Ltd