SecureAlert, Inc. was founded by David Derrick and James Dalton in 1997 and has been aided by some of the world’s largest companies, including Matsushita Electric Works (Panasonic), which is not only an investor in the company, but has helped to SecureAlert technologies.  

 

SecureAlert Monitoring, a SecureAlert wholly owned subsidiary, was granted its first patents and technologies through a relationship with Philips Electronics that gave the company the right to use the Magnavox brand name for security and emergency products marketed to the elderly. In 2000, the company received additional patents and products centered on a single-button emergency cellular phone called Mobile 911. In 2001, additional patents were issued that combined emergency mobile devices with global positioning systems (GPS) technologies, allowing SecureAlert to pinpoint a caller’s location.  

 

SecureAlert’s MobilePAL 1000 was then the first cellular device to incorporate GPS location technology. The Company has since further developed telematics technologies to become a leader in this field. In 2002, Matsushita became a strategic investor in SecureAlert, helping MobilePAL 2000 to evolve into a more solid and reliable technology. In 2003 and 2004, the company filed for additional patents and developed several new products including the TravelPAL. TravelPAL was developed for use in automobiles and has been sold through Radio Shack and ADT. In 2005, SecureAlert created the TrackerPAL, which allows the Monitoring Center to assist law enforcement officers in tracking parolees and probationers.  

 

Expanding it's ability to offer comprehensive services that assist law enforcement, SecureAlert recently acquired Midwest Monitoring and Court Programs; full service case management companies that offer solutions that assist or administer probation and parole programs. In 2008, SecureAlert also introduced its next generation device the TrackerPAL II.

TrackerPAL II

 

The TrackerPAL II combines global positioning system (GPS) and radio frequency (RF) tracking technologies with power of voice communication all in a single-unit.  Supervising officers can create restrictions based on time of day (curfew) or specific location (exclusion/inclusion zone). When an offender is in violation of any set restrictions, an agent at SecureAlert’s Offender Monitoring Center will immediately respond according to protocols set by the supervising officer.

Features:

• Single-unit device for added simplicity
• Active GPS tracking
• Two- and three-way voice technology offers instant communication with offenders and officers to enable active violation intervention
• 20 plus battery life
• Waterproof
• Stores data when temporarily out of range- then automatically forwards information when back in range
• Tamper-resistant with tamper sensors
• Set exclusion/inclusion boundaries
• 95-decibel siren

Offender Monitoring Center

 

Staffed around the clock with a bilingual response team, SecureAlert’s Offender Monitoring Center stands alone in its ability to track and monitor offenders, supporting law enforcement and rehabilitation agencies. Agents act as response specialists, responding to offender violations, following the customized protocols set by their supervision officer.  The customized protocols enable every agency to have a solution that meets their needs.

Direct Communication

Two- and three-way way voice technology enables operators to instantly connect officers with offenders for active violation intervention and rehabilitation behavior reinforcement.

Real-Time

During a violation following offender specific protocols, agents immediately notify offenders and their supervising officer—increasing the safety of spouses, children, bystanders, families and the community.

Agents

SecureAlert’s Offender Monitoring Center is staffed 24/7/365 with multi-lingual response agents that follow customized offender/agency specific protocols when an offender is in violation of their restrictions.

Market Overview

 

Roughly one in every 31 adults in America is currently in the corrections system. One in every 100 adults is America is incarcerated. In 1982 there were approximately 2.2 million offenders.  Over 20 years later, the prison population has skyrocketed by more than 300 percent to over 7.3 million offenders. Today there are more than 5 million adult men and women were under federal, state or local probation or parole jurisdiction: approximately 4,293,163 on probation and 824,365 on parole. SecureAlert’s offender monitoring solution provides a cost-effective and technically superior way for corrections officers to monitor those parolees and probationers who need constant supervision.

JAILS and PRISON OVERCROWDING

• One in every 100 adults are incarcerated
  
• The average cost of keeping an offender in jail or prison is over $78 per day
• Operational costs for Jails and Prisons account for roughly 77% of the average correctional budget
  

PRE-TRIAL RELEASE

• In the 75 largest counties in the United States 32% of defendants were released on bail, while 40% were denied bail
  
• In the United States there is an estimated 900,000 defendants, only 300,000 of the defendants were incarcerated while waiting trial
  
• Close to one-quarter of released felons fail to appear at trial
  
• Nearly 30% of  all felons who failed to appear in court remain fugitives for at least 1 year
  
• When a defendant fails to appear in court, the social and budgetary cost is approximately $8,500 per defendant

SEX OFFENDER

• Sex Offenders are four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after being released from prison
  
• There are over 165 state and federal laws that place restrictions on sex offenders; 21 of these laws restrict where the offender can live; 59 of these laws prohibit the offender from being near schools.

GANG

• It is estimated that more than 24,500 gangs were active in the U.S.
  
• It is estimated that 772,500 people in the U.S. were members of gangs
  
• In 2001 59% of all homicides in Los Angeles and 53% in Chicago were gang related

JUVENILE

• 50-70% of previously confined youth are rearrested within 1 to 2 years after their release
  
• The cost of detention ranges from $87 per day to $178 per day.
  
• By keeping juveniles out of detention facilities, recidivism rates drop by around 26%.