PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A state-issued electronic monitoring program offers safety and security for domestic violence victims with just one small box.
“It’s backed by a 24-hour call center; there’s never a time when someone is not monitoring for those alerts,” said Dylan Duppin, administrator of North Carolina’s Domestic Violence Electronic Monitoring Program.
The program enforces court-mandated no-contact orders with GPS tracking for defendants accused of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking during the pretrial release period.
Victims carry the box, and the defendant has an ankle monitor that allows the monitoring program call center to see where the defendant is in relation to the victim.
The defendant is given an exclusion zone—an area they must stay away from—with the