Introduced measures to make French DV perpetrators wear GPS-equipped foot wheels

Introduced measures to make French DV perpetrators wear GPS-equipped foot wheels September 27, 0:10

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In France, courts in some regions have introduced measures to force perpetrators of domestic violence to wear a foot ring to track their location, and to monitor for approaching victims.

This is a measure introduced by the French government from the 25th, and GPS that can track the location information of DV perpetrators who are prohibited from contacting victims in courts in some areas such as the suburbs of Paris and southern France It is now possible to order a functional ankle to be worn.

In France, 146 women died of domestic violence from partners and former partners in the last year alone.

In addition, there was a growing demand for stricter measures, saying that the number of reports of domestic violence is increasing due to the influence of restrictions on going out due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

With this measure, if the perpetrator wearing an ankle approaches a certain distance from the victim who is prohibited from contact, GPS will detect it and notify both the victim and the police.

"It's a big step forward and the justice I want," said Justice Minister DuPont Moretti, who visited a court in the outskirts of Paris on the 24th, the day before the measure was introduced.

The French government has about 1000 of these devices and plans to introduce them to courts throughout the country by the end of the year.