00:02Three men accused of serious crimes, including armed robbery, aggravated home burglary and obstructing a public officer.
00:11Police say all three were released on bail with an ankle bracelet, a monitoring device they've allegedly cut off.
00:18You don't get an electronic monitoring bracelet unless you're a dangerous criminal.
00:21These people are dangerous. They're dangerous to the community.
00:24This weekend, a total of eight people took off their trackers.
00:28Each breach triggers a significant response.
00:31The union says every time someone cuts a device, six police officers are required to track them down, and it's
00:38becoming more common.
00:39Our officers are then being called on urgently to then go and capture them when they cut their bracelets.
00:45That stops them from attending family domestic violence. It stops them from attending serious crimes that are occurring.
00:50The union says electronic tracking is being used more than ever.
00:53It's shifting a burden on managing alleged offenders from prisons to frontline police.
00:59Justice aren't managing their criminals effectively, so the police are being asked to do another job, another job for another
01:05government agency.
01:06The Department of Justice told ABC News it doesn't determine whether an offender is released into the community or the
01:13conditions imposed, including electronic monitoring.
01:16Those decisions are a matter for the courts.
01:19The opposition blaming overcrowding in WA prisons.
01:23These people should be in prison.
01:26If it wasn't for the mismanagement of our prison system by this Labor government, those people would not be out
01:33on jail with ankle bracelets on that they can cut off.
01:36We continue to make sure that we can bring technology and all measures that are appropriate to ensure that we
01:43have the toughest conditions on anyone that gets released into the community.
01:47Police are using social media to track down the remaining fugitives, telling the public they shouldn't be approached.
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