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New device protects city domestic violence victims
New York City police and prosecutors have a new way of preventing domestic violence: Offenders now must wear an ankle bracelet that sets off an alarm if they get too close to their victims, Newsday has learned.
The device uses cell phone triangulation and global positioning to alert authorities and battered women or other domestic violence victims if the wearer enters an "exclusion zone,"...
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