Stalking offenders to be GPS tagged in London
Stalking offenders released from prison will be GPS tagged as part of a new pilot scheme to protect victims and help prevent reoffending. The pilot scheme will see individuals tagged with a tracking device if they have served custodial sentences for stalking offences. They will be under strict licensing conditions.
It is estimated that over 200 offenders across various sentence types are set to be tagged by March 2026. The scheme will also include stalkers who are given community sentences. This means that for the first time, all types of stalking behaviour will be eligible for GPS monitoring.
It has been developed following close consultation with victims and survivor groups across London, building on the Mayor’s public health approach to combatting violence against women and girls.
The announcement comes during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual international campaign that began on the 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and continued until the 10th December, Human Rights Day.
£50,000 will also be invested by the Mayor to help ensure the management of stalking cases on the new pilot and greater information sharing with partners including the police, London Probation, the NHS, and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust.
The latest data from the Mayor’s knife crime tagging programme shows that 67% of tag wearers successfully completed their period of monitoring up to a maximum period of six months. A third, 33%, were recalled to prison, with GPS tracking data playing a significant role in detecting non-compliance.
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