Family and domestic violence offenders in Western Australia will now be electronically monitored.
This comes as part of a new two-year trial launched by the State Government, which involves GPS tracking of up to 100 high-risk offenders who have breached a family violence restraining order and committed a further act of family violence.
The McGowan Government has awarded $10 million to go to the Department of Justice and the WA Police Force received $5.5 million to run the trial from the WAPF State Operations Command Centre.
"This initiative is part of the McGowan Government's commitment to tackle the scourge of family and domestic violence," Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence Minister Simone McGurk said.
"This trial is aimed at increasing the safety of victims and the community, and will work in unison with other measures we have put in place to address Western Australia's high rates of family and domestic violence."
Offenders will wear the electronic device on their ankle which will set off an alert if they enter an exclusion zone - for example, near the victim's suburb, or if they attempt to tamper with the device.
The trial is part of a $52.3 million expansion of electronic monitoring in the justice system by the McGowan Labor Government.
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