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Monitoring Equipment
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Monitoring Equipment

Monitoring equipment as of December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, was as follows:

 

    December 31,     September 30,  
    2015     2015  
Monitoring equipment   $ 5,911,537     $ 5,010,075  
Less: accumulated amortization     (2,553,113 )     (2,225,480 )
Monitoring equipment,  net of accumulated depreciation   $ 3,358,424     $ 2,784,595  

 

The Company began leasing monitoring equipment to agencies for offender tracking in April 2006 under operating lease arrangements.  The monitoring equipment is amortized using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of three to five years.

 

Depreciation of monitoring equipment for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $376,467 and $228,050, respectively. These expenses were recognized in cost of revenues.