DALLAS — After police say a man on parole opened fire in a Dallas hospital, killing two medical workers, the city’s top cop took aim at what he billed a failure of the criminal justice system: ankle monitors.
And he’s not the only one.
Both police and civil rights groups criticize ankle monitors — which provide supervision for some on bond, parole and probation — but research shows they’ve only grown more popular over time. Police say the monitors aren’t enough to keep violent criminals in line, while some researchers and groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union say there’s no evidence the ankle monitors are rehabilitative.
