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Survivors urge lawmakers to criminalize GPS tampering after repeated victim accounts
Summary
Multiple survivors told the judiciary committee that cutting or disabling court-ordered GPS monitors exposed them to immediate danger; sponsors seek felony-level penalties or judicial discretion to classify tampering as a felony (S.1222/S.1221/S.1222 variants).
Senator Patrick O’Connor and Representative Michael Linsky urged the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to strengthen penalties for tampering with court-ordered GPS monitoring devices. Witnesses described cases in which abusers cut or disabled GPS bracelets and then located and assaulted victims.
Joe (last name not specified), a survivor who described repeated abuse, told committee members that his abuser “cut off his GPS at Logan Airport” and that…
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