GPS monitors ‘cheaper than building more jails’ for Shelby County
Shelby County has intermittently funded GPS monitors in the past but soon Shelby County judges may be required to order some defendants to wear the monitors. In this Aug. 3, 2009, file photo, Parole Agent Steve Nakamura uses a flashlight to inspect a GPS tracker worn on the ankle of a parolee in Rio Linda, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo file)
Proponents of the GPS monitoring devices would like to see Shelby County fund them again but say that financial and logistical challenges stand in the way.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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