After two men accused of breaking and entering and stealing around $140,000 worth of items around Winnipeg and Headingley were detained Tuesday, both of whom were wearing court-ordered electronic monitoring bracelets, the effectiveness of such monitors is in question, experts say.
“There’s no guarantee that anyone will not re-offend. There’s no guarantee that the police or corrections agents will roar off as soon as someone violates,” said Michael Weinrath, a University of Winnipeg Criminal Justice professor.
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Monitoring devices are equipped with a GPS system, allowing law enforcement to be notified of an offender’s location in real time and issue alerts if they enter a prohibited area, according to the province.
The province has previously said 60 per cent of individuals with ankle monitors were rearrested and breached in October 2025.
There are 194 ankle monitors in use, a provincial spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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I think the monitors are just meant to be a deterrent to those wearing them.. apparently… they’re useless unless there is someone actually monitoring them. It’s not the first time someone wearing an ankle monitor in Winnipeg has just gone about their life of crime while wearing it. Total waste. I bet if they just scrapped them they’d have enough to form a traffic division again.
With many questioning the effectiveness of monitoring programs for suspects out on bail as being arrested on a promise to appear in court when of the almost 200 suspects monitored while being ordered to wear an ankle monitor as if many keep track on how many suspects rearrested for violating terms of their release as having bail denied when suspects caught after a theft spree was ordered to wear an ankle monitor.