Harris County District Attorney's Office First Assistant {500 Jefferson Street, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002 Vivian King Chief of Staff HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY KIMK. OGG October 2, 2019 Via Email Dr. Teresa May Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department om Eastex Freeway Houston, TX 77093 Dr. May, Asituation which presents serious public safety concerns has come to my attention and its urgency compels me to inform you immediately. A defendant, Clint Walker, (SPN 02605126) charged in a Capital Murder case, who is accused of being the actual shooter, was released on a $100,000 surety bond in June, and required to wear a GPS ankle monitor as a condition of his release. The Defendant was ordered to pay the GPS service provider, a company called Guarding Public Safety, for the service. In this case, however, the Defendant did not pay his monthly monitoring fee and Guarding Public Safety sent a company representative to physically remove his ankle monitor on Sept. 19, 2019. Asa result, the vendor discontinued all electronic monitoring without an order from the Court. The defendant remained at large until this afternoon when he was recaptured. His criminal history is extensive and culminated in the current Capital Murder case in which he is accused of fatally shooting a security guard while robbing a game room. While courts rely on electronic monitoring as a means of ensuring defendants’ appearances in court and the safety of victims and the community, the troubling loophole exposed in this case shows that defendants in Harris County may have the ability to evade electronic supervision by simply failing to pay their GPS vendor.In this case, the vendor company physically took the monitor off the defendant, which exposed the public to a high-risk, unmonitored offender from September 19" until today. Additionally, victims, and the next of kin in this case, have rights pursuant to the Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights, codified in Tx. CCP Art. 56, which entitles them to a right to receive adequate protection from harm and threats, as well as the right to be informed of relevant court proceedings. With at least 173 accused murderers currently on bond in our neighborhoods, 1 am requesting that the judiciary take immediate action to overhaul the flaws in the electronic monitoring of defendants that have resulted in this public safety threat and to inform me, as the elected District Attorney, of your solution. Please let me know if there is anything our office can do to assist. Sincerely, Harris County District Attorney cc: Mr. Kelvin Banks, Harris County Pretrial Services Honorable Herb Ritchie, Harris County Administrative Judge - Criminal Division Honorable Robert Schaffer, Harris County Administrative Judge