Electronic Monitoring Program

Description

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office’s Alternative Sentencing Bureau (ASB) has three, well established community-based sentencing programs. The programs are alternatives to incarceration for selected and court recommended low-risk, non-violent, minimum-security offenders sentenced on a court commitment. These programs provide an opportunity for participants to improve their ability to reintegrate into the community as a productive member of society.  The goal is to prevent the return of the participant to the criminal justice system as a law violator after release from custody.The Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) is an alternative to incarceration for low-risk, non-violent, minimum-security offenders, who with the use of technology will serve their sentence under house arrest conditions at their place of residence. Offenders must have received a specific recommendation from the sentencing court to participate in EMP for a commitment of 60-days or more, after PC4019CTS. Offenders’ movements will be restricted, and they are required to wear a tamper resistant, non-removable electronic monitor.  They are allowed to leave their residence only for medical appointments, treatment programs, counseling or other necessary activities approved by the supervising Deputy Sheriff. Participation is generally reserved for those with medical conditions that require treatments that are out-of-the-scope of Correctional Health Services. Other considerations would be made for the exclusive or primary caregiver of an immediate family member that is under regular and scheduled doctor visits for significant health issues that leaves them house-bound or a parent of a minor child(ren) who is the financial engine of the family’s finances and who’s absence would leave the family unit destitute. Jobs requiring frequent movement of work sites, and a variety of start and finish times are not a