{"id":439492,"date":"2026-09-18T03:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439492\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T03:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:08:16","slug":"harris-county-commissioners-approve-1-4-million-for-24-7-ankle-monitoring-services-adrian-garcias-press-secretary-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439492\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County commissioners approve $1.4 million for 24\/7 ankle-monitoring services, Adrian Garcia&#8217;s press secretary says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas  (KTRK) &#8212; Harris County commissioners approved a $1.4 million fund for 24\/7 ankle-monitoring services, according to Adrian Garcia&#8217;s press secretary, Scott Spiegel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Thursday, the approved budget item was in light of a high-profile murder months after authorities say Houston man Lee Gilley, accused of killing his pregnant wife, cut off his ankle monitor and fled the country weeks before his trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">READ MORE: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/man-accused-murdering-pregnant-wife-cuts-off-ankle-monitor-flees-italy-attorney-says\/19040357\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man accused of murdering pregnant wife cuts off ankle monitor, flees to Italy, attorney says<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The money is going to fund 15 positions within pre-trial services, according to Spiegel.<\/p>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/middle-school-football-player-charged-assault-incident-during-game-barbham-officials-say\/19844931\/\" aria-label=\"Middle school football player charged with assault after an incident during football game: Officials 2026-09-18T00:45:55.000Z\" aria-describedby=\"Middleschoolfootballbody details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789700896_493_19844958_091726-ktrk-Barbham-middle-school-img.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The rollout is expected to begin in October of this year, with hiring and training taking place by the end of 2026, Garcia&#8217;s press secretary confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">In 2027, Spiegel said, around-the-clock monitoring will begin.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Harris County commissioners approved a $1.4 million fund for 24\/7 ankle-monitoring services, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[152196,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-439492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-152196","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}