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Resident urges Howard County to hold home-monitoring contractor ASAP accountable, proposes tiered fee tied to compliance record
Summary
At the FY26 operating budget public hearing, a resident asked the council to adopt accountability measures for private home-monitoring companies after media reports of alleged failures by one contractor; the resident suggested a tiered per-day fee based on a company's compliance history.
A Howard County resident asked the county council during the FY26 operating budget public hearing to hold private home-monitoring companies accountable and to consider tying the county’s per-day oversight fee to a company’s compliance record.
Ryan Powers, speaking as a resident of Glenwood, cited news reports about alleged service failures by Advantage Sentencing Alternative Solutions (ASAP). "The lack of Howard County response in…
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