Lloydminster, Canada, schools on lock-down during search for sex offender after electronic ankle bracelet removed by offender Michael Stanley
High-risk Edmonton sex offender Michael Stanley is being sought by police after removing his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet Tuesday. (RCMP)
The hunt for a high-risk sex offender from Edmonton has schools in the Alberta-Saskatchewan border city of Lloydminster on lock-down.
Edmonton high-risk sex offender sought by police
Michael Sean Stanley, 48, left Edmonton Tuesday morning for Lloydminster where he managed to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and toss it on the roof of a local business.
The town's 10 public schools and six Catholic schools are now following lock-down procedures.
"We're holding our breath," said Michael Diachuk, the director of education, who hopes police find Stanley by the end of the day.
"The community is deeply concerned. They're watching out for each other."
The school doors are locked when children are inside, and school staff will ensure younger children are escorted to and from school by parents if they are walking. School bus drivers have also been given a picture of the man RCMP are seeking.
The ankle bracelet Stanley wore was part of an electronic monitoring system overseen by the Edmonton Police Service, said RCMP Sgt. Juan Huss.
When the bracelet was cut, it sounded an alarm and police were able to track the device using GPS.
"It's a more humane and cost-effective way of tracking people," said Huss of the bracelet system, which is sometimes used as a condition of release from custody. "We don't have the resources to have people monitoring these people 24-7 in a physical sense."
People, pray for our justice system to come to its senses and keep these creeps off the streets.
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| High risk sex offender Michael Stanley |
The hunt for a high-risk sex offender from Edmonton has schools in the Alberta-Saskatchewan border city of Lloydminster on lock-down.
Edmonton high-risk sex offender sought by police
Michael Sean Stanley, 48, left Edmonton Tuesday morning for Lloydminster where he managed to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and toss it on the roof of a local business.
The town's 10 public schools and six Catholic schools are now following lock-down procedures.
"We're holding our breath," said Michael Diachuk, the director of education, who hopes police find Stanley by the end of the day.
"The community is deeply concerned. They're watching out for each other."
The school doors are locked when children are inside, and school staff will ensure younger children are escorted to and from school by parents if they are walking. School bus drivers have also been given a picture of the man RCMP are seeking.
The ankle bracelet Stanley wore was part of an electronic monitoring system overseen by the Edmonton Police Service, said RCMP Sgt. Juan Huss.
When the bracelet was cut, it sounded an alarm and police were able to track the device using GPS.
"It's a more humane and cost-effective way of tracking people," said Huss of the bracelet system, which is sometimes used as a condition of release from custody. "We don't have the resources to have people monitoring these people 24-7 in a physical sense."
People, pray for our justice system to come to its senses and keep these creeps off the streets.
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