In light of revelations that accused offenders are being monitored in the community by sending hourly selfies in the daylight hours, the Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) has demanded more resources be dedicated to public agencies that can better keep the community safe.

In a radio interview with Sydney’s 2GB, PSA General Secretary Stewart Little said the failure of privatisation resulted in the recent decision by a Magistrate that an accused murdered can walk free in the community while on bail so long as he sends daily selfies every hour between 8:00am and 8:00pm and keeps his location settings on.

Mr Little said Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) can use its existing relationship with a British company to monitor accused offenders and those on parole.

He said CSNSW already keeps tabs on inmates in the community on work and day release.

“They have the capacity to do this,” he said. “They just need the courts and the government to make sure they are doing that.”

He said it is important that the government fund CSNSW to ensure there is sufficient staff to perform this role “effectively”.

The issue arise when a private company tasked with monitoring offenders, BailSafe, ceased trading.

“When [BailSafe} have gone out of business, the government has said, ‘Well, we won’t take up the slack,’” said Mr Little in the interview. “We think that is the question that needs to be directed to the powers that be.”