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MONITORING
Important information for occupants




WHO IS A “RELEVANT OCCUPANT”?
ELECTRONIC 
•  A relevant occupant is any person, 16 years of
MONITORING –  
age and over, who is going to be living at the
same address as the offender/defendant if they
IMPORTANT 
are given an electronically monitored sentence
or order.
INFORMATION  
•  The relevant occupant includes anyone who is
thinking about moving in or who moves into the
FOR OCCUPANTS
address after the offender/defendant has been
granted an electronically monitored sentence or
The Court or the New Zealand Parole Board can
order, or EM bail.
impose electronic monitoring (EM) as part of an
offender’s sentence or order. Electronic monitoring can
also be granted to suitable defendants as a condition
of bail while awaiting a court hearing.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL BE SOUGHT 
Being electronically monitored requires offenders/
FROM RELEVANT OCCUPANTS?
defendants to wear a tracker 24 hours per day, 7 days
A Probation Officer will contact the occupants at the
per week. A monitoring unit will be placed at their
proposed address.
For more 
home address.
information, visit 
If they agree in principle to the offender/defendant
Before an offender/defendant can be released to an
www.corrections.
living with them, the Probation Officer will visit
address, a Probation Officer will carry out a suitability
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them at the house to talk about what is needed
check with regards to both the address and other
type “Electronic 
for electronic monitoring and go through a safety
occupants. Part of that process requires them to talk
Monitoring” in the 
checklist. This will take about one hour. Occupants
to all relevant occupants at the address to ensure they
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will also need to consent to a criminal and traffic
are happy for the offender/defendant to live there.
history check and other checks that may need to
be completed to assist the Probation Officer with
their assessment.
The offender’s/defender’s Probation Officer is:
A Field Officer may also check that the electronic
monitoring equipment will work at the address.
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WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE ARE 
OBLIGATIONS OF 
CHILDREN LIVING AT THE ADDRESS? 
RELEVANT OCCUPANTS
Probation Officers will make enquiries with Child
Youth and Family:
•  if there are children, aged 16 years or under,
The occupants 
living at the proposed address. This will happen
must agree to 
even if the children are only there part-time
a number of 
conditions.
INCLUDING:
•  if the offender/defendant has past convictions or
current charges of offending against children.
•  to have monitoring equipment in the house
•  not to move or damage the monitoring
equipment
CAN OCCUPANTS REFUSE CONSENT?
•  to give a Field Officer (on showing proper
•  Yes, an occupant may refuse consent
identification) access to the house to maintain
the equipment, respond to alerts, or remove
•  Occupants are encouraged to express any
the equipment
concerns they might have about the impact
electronically monitored sentences or orders or
•  to give Police and Corrections staff access to the
If consent is 
EM bail will have on them, family members or
address for EM purposes
not given, the 
other occupants
•  Each relevant occupant will sign the Occupants
application will be 
declined.
•  It is important that occupants do not feel duty
Consent Form to show that they:
bound or pressured to give their permission for
–  consent to the offender/defendant living at
the offender/defendant to live at their address
the address on electronic monitoring and
•  If consent is not given by one or more relevant
–  agree to abide by the conditions set for the
occupants the application will be declined.
electronically monitored sentence or order or
EM bail.
A copy of this document will be left at the address
for occupants to refer to.
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WHAT PRESSURES MIGHT BE 
ONCE GIVEN, CAN OCCUPANTS 
ON OCCUPANTS?
WITHDRAW THEIR CONSENT?
•  Yes. Occupants may withdraw their consent
An electronically monitored sentence or order, or
at any time. Occupants don’t have to give any
EM Bail can be stressful for occupants as well as
reason for withdrawing their consent.
offenders/ defendants for a variety of reasons...
•  Unless another suitable address can be found
SUCH AS:
the offender/defendant may be taken into
Police custody and appear before a judge who
•  the restrictions on the offender/defendant’s
will re-examine suitability of an electronically
ability to leave the address
Electronic 
monitored sentence or order.
monitoring can 
•  in some cases, because the offender/defendant
be stressful for 
cannot bring income into the house
occupants as well 
WHO CAN I CONTACT IF I HAVE ANY 
as offenders /
•  the lack of general freedom of movement or
QUESTIONS OR FEEL AT RISK?
defendants.
social contact due to other EM conditions
•  lack of privacy with random visits being
When necessary, leave the address if this is a safe
conducted by Police personnel and Field Officers
In an emergency 
option for you, family members and other occupants.
to make sure EM conditions are being complied
- where personal 
EM Bail 
with.
safety is at 
In a non-emergency – not involving a risk to personal
All of this can be difficult for other occupants who
immediate risk
safety if you have a defendant on EM bail, contact
provide support and do extra tasks on behalf of the
CALL 111  
the EM Bail Team on 0800 EM BAIL (362 245).
offender/defendant.
and ask for  
The EM Bail Team at Corrections has an ongoing role
the Police
keeping in contact with the bailee and occupants of
the house.
Home Detention, Community Detention, Parole with 
Residential Restrictions, Extended Supervision 
In a non-emergency – contact the Probation Officer
of the person on electronic monitoring. They are
there to support you.
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ELECTRONIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT
TAKING CARE OF  
THE ELECTRONIC  
MONITORING  
EQUIPMENT:
GPS Tracker     
The monitoring 
RF Tracker
equipment must 
THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO:
not be damaged 
•  let the cordless charger get wet
in any way.
•  move the monitoring unit
•  open any of the equipment
•  unplug the monitoring unit
•  cover the monitoring unit
RF  
•  let the monitoring unit get wet
Monitoring Unit
GPS  
•  paint or otherwise modify any of the equipment
Monitoring Unit
•  expose the equipment to extreme heat or cold
•  tamper with the equipment in any way.
WHAT IF THE TRACKER OR HOME 
UNIT IS DAMAGED?
Any damage must be immediately reported to the
offender’s Probation Officer or, for defendants, the EM
Bail Team 0800 EM BAIL (362 245). You must provide
all information about how the unit was damaged
Cordless charger
and, if the damage is intentional, reparation will be
pursued through the courts.
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WHO ARE THE FIELD OFFICERS?
A person from the monitoring company who
will install, maintain and check the monitoring
equipment and respond to any alerts.
The Department contracts 3M to provide and
manage the monitoring equipment and the
Monitoring Centre.
3M staff carry out all electronic monitoring field
services including installing and servicing your
electronic monitoring equipment and responding to
alerts.
Field Officers will wear a 3M/FIRST Security
identification at all times and will be in a FIRST
Security uniform.
HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 
ELECTRONIC MONITORING
You can find more information about EM from:
•  www.corrections.govt.nz
•  Court offices
•  Community Probation Service Centres
•  Prison Remand Units.
Information about EM bail can also be found on the
Police website www.police.govt.nz
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ELECTRONIC MONITORING
Important information for occupants
JAN 2015