Apparently, the tracking of suspects by law enforcement via their cell phones has become even more common than the use of wire taps. The technology’s growing propensity to be used with out a warrant has raised the ire of many judges nationwide.
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The United States Supreme Court is set to hear a case regarding the right of law enforcement officials to use Global Positioning Devices to track suspects tomorrow. The case is expected to be a landmark one in determining policy restricting use of burgeoning mobile tracking equipment.
Today, one of the most extensive usages of GPS tracking is in law enforcement. Not only is GPS used to aid in the arresting of criminals, GPS trackers also create alternatives to incarceration. But perhaps this is a poor alternative, as many are debating.
Senator Ron Wyden has prepared a bill that will require police to obtain a warrant before tracking any car or mobile device using GPS.
The Baltimore Police Department has outfitted every member of its force with a real time GPS tracker, according to recent reporting. The law enforcement agency, which protects and defends nearly 650,000 citizens on a daily basis, has determined that such a massive roll-out of GPS technology is justified, not only because it already has had [...]
People outfit their vehicles with real time GPS trackers for many different reasons. One of the more prominent reasons is, in the event one of their cars, vans or trucks is stolen, an owner can easily and quickly recover the stolen asset by giving law enforcement the geographic coordinates of the vehicle’s current location. It [...]
As GPS trackers are establishing a solid niche in law enforcement, states are juggling with the question of whether police can track vehicles without a warrant or not. Not long since warrantless GPS tracking was struck down at the D.C. Circuits court last month, a Delaware Judge set another precedent in search and seizure rights [...]
GPS tracking devices have become substantially better over the years in terms of both accuracy and reliability. This fact has made this navigation and tracking technology more attractive to governments around the world who are looking to cut back on their swelling prison populations. In the UK, it has been reported, public officials are looking [...]
Domestic abuse is a problem that is unfortunately too prevalent in many societies. In Scotland the BBC News has reported that the largest police force in that country has begun to issue GPS tracking devices to victims of domestic abuse. Because the forward-thinking law enforcement organization has noticed that victims of domestic abuse tend to [...]
A 24-year-old woman walked into a Bank of America branch a few days ago in Buffalo, NY, handed the teller a note demanding cash and was caught minutes later by police as she hid in a garbage bin. The robber successfully escaped the bank location with $2,500 in cash. How was the Buffalo Police able [...]
