LifeguardKevin
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kansas
I had a DUI and open-container. Got a fine, license restriction, one-year ignition interlock and 30 days in jail. Only had to serve 3 (actually 4 with credit for the night I was arrested) with the other 26 suspended on condition of one year's probation, which started when I got out of jail a couple weeks ago. Problem is that part of probation is I wear a ankle GPS 24/7 because I can't leave the county without the P.O.'s permission. (That sucks too because gf is in college in Calif.) They also charged me $462 for the GPS!
I tried to get the P.O. to excuse it because I am a guard at the local indoor pool. But he said no dice the thing is waterproof, won't shock, and the only thing I have to worry about is when I am in the water more than five minutes on a rescue or swimming required training laps I have to call the monitoring company because it could stop transmitting and they could issue a probation violation and warrant.
I hate this! Plus, being up on the lifeguard tower in trunks on duty -- I try to keep a towel draped over my lap but still people see it when I walk around the pool and know I screwed up. Even saw a couple little kids pointing at it yesterday. (Amazing now that I am conscious of this I have seen like four guys with these things on their ankles in the showers/lockers in just two weeks!)
Anyway does anybody have any experience with ankle-monitors on probation? Anybody ever convince a judge to cancel them? How? I asked my boss at the pool to write a letter to the judge but she said no. Also called my lawyer who said I'm lucky they also didn't order a device to track alcohol in the blood stream and that I'm stuck with the GPS for a year unless I want to cancel probation and do another 26 days in the craphole. Anybody have a better idea?
I had a DUI and open-container. Got a fine, license restriction, one-year ignition interlock and 30 days in jail. Only had to serve 3 (actually 4 with credit for the night I was arrested) with the other 26 suspended on condition of one year's probation, which started when I got out of jail a couple weeks ago. Problem is that part of probation is I wear a ankle GPS 24/7 because I can't leave the county without the P.O.'s permission. (That sucks too because gf is in college in Calif.) They also charged me $462 for the GPS!
I tried to get the P.O. to excuse it because I am a guard at the local indoor pool. But he said no dice the thing is waterproof, won't shock, and the only thing I have to worry about is when I am in the water more than five minutes on a rescue or swimming required training laps I have to call the monitoring company because it could stop transmitting and they could issue a probation violation and warrant.
I hate this! Plus, being up on the lifeguard tower in trunks on duty -- I try to keep a towel draped over my lap but still people see it when I walk around the pool and know I screwed up. Even saw a couple little kids pointing at it yesterday. (Amazing now that I am conscious of this I have seen like four guys with these things on their ankles in the showers/lockers in just two weeks!)
Anyway does anybody have any experience with ankle-monitors on probation? Anybody ever convince a judge to cancel them? How? I asked my boss at the pool to write a letter to the judge but she said no. Also called my lawyer who said I'm lucky they also didn't order a device to track alcohol in the blood stream and that I'm stuck with the GPS for a year unless I want to cancel probation and do another 26 days in the craphole. Anybody have a better idea?