The father of a Parkman woman whose ex-boyfriend killed her almost ten years ago is still pushing for a state-wide electronic monitoring system.
Vance Ginn has pushed for a statewide system that would use ankle bracelets to keep track of people who are out on bail while they wait for their domestic violence trial or who have been released on probation.
Stephanie Ginn Gebo, his daughter, was killed by her ex-boyfriend in 2015.
Ginn saw a report from our media partner WMTW not long ago about a woman in Farmington who was afraid for her life and the life of her child.
She says that police and lawyers told her to hide from her husband, who was supposed to be freed Wednesday morning, in a safe place.
Ginn says that a surveillance system could be used to keep them safe here, and he doesn’t know why this isn’t done all over Maine.
“We could always know where these people are.” It gives us time to get to the victim before the criminal finishes breaking down the door if something goes wrong.
They have time. I’m not going to say that this system is perfect, because there isn’t such a thing. Bad people are going to try to get around it. “We need to try to stop those,” Ginn said.
Ginn says that ankle monitors are used in nine counties, but that the money for them comes from donations from the public.
He wants people to talk to their lawmakers about how they can help put the program into action so that victims can feel safe and at ease.
