Judge Ortiz is an administrative judge in the county who is holding a meeting to determine the effectiveness of the various sentencing options. He invites individuals who work with the various types of sentencing options to give their feedback. Officer Moll is the supervising probation officer in the county. Judge Ellis coordinates the drug court in the neighboring county. Ms. Howard runs the halfway house in the county. Captain Smith coordinates the boot camp in the county. Judge Ortiz thinks that the random phone call to the offender where the offender must respond is not effective in that many offenders can find ways around this. He feels it is more effective to monitor offenders through a microprocessor and an ankle transmitter device. With this, the offender must remain in within 100 feet of the portable receiver. The transmitter will then make continuous calls to a reporting station that updates the offender's location. What is this type of electronic monitoring?

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Global positioning systems (GPS) use satellites to track the location of an offender wearing an ankle transmitter. This type of electronic monitoring is more effective than active or passive phone line systems because it does not rely on the offender to make phone calls. GPS also provides more accurate location information than remote location monitoring, which uses cell towers to track the offender's location.

Judge Ortiz Is an Administrative Judge in the County Who