In the latest move to crack down on parole violators, the Colorado Department of Corrections will start rounding up absconders every month.

The new initiative, announced Wednesday, comes on the heels of a new DOC policy requiring parole officers to respond to tamper alerts on parolees’ electronic monitoring bracelets within two hours.

The changes are a result of the March 19 shooting death of state prisons director Tom Clements, who was gunned down when he answered his front door.

Authorities believe the gunman was Evan Ebel, a parolee who had slipped out of his ankle bracelet five days before the slaying. Parole officers didn’t issue an arrest warrant for Ebel, who is also suspected in the killing of a pizza delivery driver and father of three in the Denver area two days before Clements was shot to death, until March 20.

About 272 parolees, including 31 in the intensive supervision program, run away each month.

Before instituting the new initiative, the department’s Division of Adult Parole tracked down and arrested fugitive parolees only “whenever possible,” a news release states.

“With consistent dedicated resources in this area, we can reduce the overall percentage of parole absconders. This is a sound public safety initiative for Colorado,” Tim Hand, director of the department’s parole division, said in a statement.

The parole division previously implemented a temporary two-month special initiative to track down absconders, resulting in the apprehension of 154 parole fugitives, according to the news release.

“During this time, over 100 parole officers and administrative staff conducted over 1,718 hours of work related to fugitive apprehension including researching cases to develop leads, surveillance and physically searching residences and other locations,” the news release states.

The corrections department has identified money in this year’s budget to implement the new measures, including $273,317 for the absconder roundups and $222,070 in overtime for parole officers to respond to tamper alerts within two hours.

FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel. A clerical error allowed Ebel, suspected of killing Colorado’s prisons chief, to be released from custody about four years early, officials said Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections, File) Photo by HOPD

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