Monday, August 16, 2010

Electronic bracelets to track gun-toting Memphis juveniles

Memphis police want to stop gun-toting teens in their tracks -- literally.

Police Director Larry Godwin is teaming with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton to develop a pilot program that monitors the steps of troubled teens through advanced electronic tracking bracelets.

It's part of a $2 million, federally funded program to curtail crime using tracking equipment that can pinpoint a detainee's exact location.

More than 150 minors were arrested with guns last year, police said. And the arrests haven't slowed this year.  Read More...

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