GA HOUSE ARREST SERVICES, INC. IMPLEMENTS OMNILINK'S OFFENDER MONITORING SOLUTION
Company calls Omnilink's FocalPoint solution a "revolutionary" industry development
ATLANTA (June 13, 2007) - Omnilink's offender monitoring system is helping alternative sentencing provider GA House Arrest Services, Inc. successfully execute court-ordered offender monitoring programs. A pioneer of vital status service technology, Omnilink provides sophisticated location awareness information in real-time, offering the industry's only product that is completely waterproof and capable of tracking people and valuable assets inside buildings, buses, trains and other places where GPS solutions do not work.
GA House Arrest worked with Omnilink when the product was in beta and is one of the first companies to deploy the solution once it was ready for general availability. Bryant Ackerman, services director of GA House Arrest, says Omnilink provides him with the industry's most accurate location technology, which results in significant time savings.
"Before Omnilink's FocalPoint solution, every system I tried commonly lost people once they entered a building. In addition, I was plagued with false alerts and dealing with device issues," Ackerman says. "Omnilink's product is revolutionary. Now, I can monitor offenders even when they are indoors, and I do not have to deal with equipment issues anymore because of the robustness and reliability of Omnilink's solution. I now have more time for follow up with business development because of a phenomenal reduction in false alerts, which have been cut by about 95 percent."
Ackerman notes that he uses FocalPoint most often in pre-trial scenarios when a defendant is considered by the court to be a flight or repeat offense risk. He also finds the Web application helpful for researching the locations of monitored individuals who are suspected to be involved in subsequent crimes.
"When I field a call from a district attorney, FocalPoint makes it easy for me to go back in time and pinpoint the locations of monitored individuals. It's incredibly helpful for ruling out or identifying suspects," Ackerman says.
Omnilink's FocalPoint 2.0 monitoring solution brings an unprecedented level of efficiency and effectiveness to offender management with the use of a combination of Global Positioning Systems (GPS), wireless network technologies, RFID and situation-specific sensors to transmit information to a monitoring center using commercial cellular networks and then applying predefined supervision rules on a Web-based application.
Recently updated in conjunction with market feedback, Omnilink's FocalPoint 2.0 also features automated voice alerts when an offender location violation has occurred. In addition, FocalPoint 2.0 offers a victim safeguard that tracks the victims' off-the-shelf cell phones, in addition to the related offender, and then alerts the victim, monitoring officers and law enforcement if the offender comes within proximity of the victim, in situations where the judge has mandated that the offender stay away from the victim. "Georgia House Arrest has been our partner from day one, first acting as a concept sounding board and now as an engaged customer. I am personally and professionally honored to work with Bryant and his team," said Steve Aninye, CEO of Omnilink.
About Omnilink Systems
Omnilink Systems provides the real-time location of people and valuable assets through unique location-based services technology that goes beyond traditional GPS. Our judicial solutions are transforming offender monitoring by providing officers with immediate visibility to offender locations anytime, anywhere. Government agencies across the country rely on Omnilink Systems' single-unit solutions to effectively manage offenders in a variety of alternative sanctions programs. Through our network of value-added solutions partners, Omnilink's commercial solutions provide the real-time location of people and critical assets when their safety and security are of paramount importance. For more information, please visit www.omnilink.com or call 678-624-5900.
