Suder Rips Budget Changes To Sex Offender GPS Tracking
Rep. Scott Suder, one of the lead sponsors of a bill that was signed by Gov. Doyle last year to implement lifetime GPS tracking of sex offenders, ripped the changes to the bill written into the new budget.
Suder said the budget removes some lifetime tracking requirements, and moves from an active to a passive tracking strategy. "I vehemently disagree with that approach," he said.
Twelve other states have adopted GPS tracking similar to those passed last year in Wisconsin, and he said there have been no constitutional challenges to those requirements. He said tracking "is not about punishing sex offenders, it is about public safety."
"What the governor has done places children at risk," he said.
Suder said fiscal concerns can be allayed. "If money is truly a concern, we will find a way to fund this because I believe it is extremely important," he said.
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