Black Creek President Isaac Newton (photo by Arielle Robinson) The Cobb Sheriff’s Office will be the first in the country to use this new wrist device for detainees, officials said. The technology presented Tuesday is a newer and updated model. Newton said that Black Creek, based out of Alabama, has had similar technology in the past but it was flawed. “So if it doesn’t work, Black Creek has said that they will just take their stuff back to Alabama.” “What has negotiated is that we won’t pay a penny until the sheriff is satisfied with this particular equipment,” Col. Owens said his office is looking into different grants and ways of funding that would keep the costs low for taxpayers. The bracelet-like device will cost $100 apiece. It is secured to the wrist with a special clasp that needs a tool both to install it and to release it and the single most important feature of that technology - it’s somewhat less than half the price of the previous technology.” “It is designed to be waterproof and it is designed for use in a correctional environment. “ is a very lightweight device, it has an extended battery life,” Newton said. Location history would be stored every few seconds. The device will be able to track inmates within a one to two-meter accuracy anywhere in the facility at any time and provide location history, Black Creek President Isaac Newton said. The Cobb ADC holds up to 3,000 detainees. Every inmate who comes into the facility would be required to wear one. The next phase of implementation will include expanding the device to every detainee. These safety devices also send radio signals every two seconds.Ī brochure about TSI Prism explains that the device is able to automatically trigger the alarm when an officer is down as well as finding their location and names of detainees in the surrounding area when they went down.Ī computer monitor shows inmates’ and officers’ locations and identities. Officers and jail staff will also be provided with duress buttons they hook onto their belts and sends an alert out if they are in distress. The wrist device sends an “identity-stamped” radio signal every two seconds and an alarm sounds off within 15 to 30 seconds if the device is removed. The devices will monitor heart rate, which can indicate if a person is in distress. In this initial phase, wrist devices will be provided to “at-risk” detainees within the jail’s infirmary. Advertisement Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens (photo by Arielle Robinson)
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