Committee forwards two electronic-monitoring contract amendments to full council after briefing on program use and costs

On Jan. 8, 2025, the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee of the City and County of Denver heard a briefing from Denver Community Corrections on the city’s use of electronic monitoring and voted to forward two contract amendment requests to the full City Council for final approval.

The committee, chaired by Councilmember Serena Gonzalez Gutierrez, reviewed an amendment to extend the term of the city’s agreement with Alcohol Monitoring Systems (AMS) and a separate amendment to extend the contract with BI Incorporated for two additional years, through Jan. 31, 2027. Greg Morrow, director of Community Corrections, told the committee that the BI amendment would “add $1,650,000 to the contract total, for a new total of $3,150,000,” and that both vendors were selected through “a competitive bid process back in 2021.”

The contracts supply equipment used by two programs run by Community Corrections: pretrial services and an in‑home detention (electronic monitoring) program for post‑conviction sentences. “So, all of the case management, all of the monitoring, all of the interactions, all of the…