EMPACT ELECTRONIC MONITORING – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org Proudly Serving the Citizens of Brevard & Seminole Counties Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://flcourts18.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-pngwing.com13-32x32.webp EMPACT ELECTRONIC MONITORING – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org 32 32 2024 Admin Order 24-39-s https://flcourts18.org/document/24-39-s-2/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:30:42 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/24-39-s-2/ EXCERPT: “Whereas, most criminal defendants are entitled to be released from custody pending disposition of the charges for which they were arrested; and Whereas, the Seminole County Sheriff, under the Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(b)(1)(d), have the capability to electronically monitor defendants who are released from custody by non-intrusive means through a program known as Electronic Monitoring Protection and Crime Tracking (EMPACT); and whereas, electronic monitoring can provide timely information to law enforcement regarding the activities of a defendant as they relate to compliance with conditions of release, including abstinence from criminal activity; and Whereas, the Seminole County Sheriff and the State Attorney have requested authority to require defendants who meet specified criteria to be electronically monitored as a condition of pretrial release, in addition to reasonable or reduced bond, but not in lieu of bond, without compliance with the investigation and recommendation required by F.S. 907.041(3)(b); and (Open AO for more information.)”

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]]> 2024 Admin Order 24-39-s https://flcourts18.org/document/24-39-s/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:45 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/24-39-s/ EXCERPT: “EMPACT (Electronic Monitoring Protection and Crime Tracking), as a pretrial release condition for certain qualified defendants; and since that time the program has expanded to include a domestic violence and dating violence program, or DV EMPACT, which introduces an additional level of security by offering the ability to immediately notify the victim, law enforcement, and others of certain specified violations perpetrated by a defendant; and although this initiative should not be considered a failsafe assurance on behalf of the victim, it does provide a near to real-time accounting of the defendant’s whereabouts and activities, thereby enhancing both the security of the victim and the responsibility of the defendant to answer for violations of conditions of pretrial release; (Open AO for more information.)”

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SUPERSEDES 17-44-S 

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