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1.	GPS Offender Tracking>BI ExacuTrack™  Approximately seven out of ten offenders are not behind bars, but reside within our neighborhoods. To maintain public safety, criminal justice professionals require efficient and reliable ways to monitor and track offenders released into the community. BI ExacuTrack™ enhances BI Incorporated's industry-leading radio frequency monitoring system with GPS tracking and sophisticated online case management to provide reliable, efficient, and comprehensive offender monitoring. In addition to detecting the absence or presence of an offender at home, passive GPS tracking records the offender’s locatio ...  [ Read the GPS Article: BI ExacuTrack™ ]
2.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>Officials seek a GPS eye on offenders  In slain girl's name, officials seek a GPS eye on offenders By JONI JAMES Published February 19, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALLAHASSEE - Evoking the slaying of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, Florida law enforcement officials descended on the state Capitol Wednesday to urge key lawmakers to invest $35-million next year to keep minute-by-minute track of thousands of paroled criminals. Pitched as the next technological revolution in crime-fighting and already up and running in four Florida counties including Pinellas and Citrus, the VeriTra ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Officials seek a GPS eye on offenders ]
3.	GPS Offender Tracking>GPS tracing can keep track of released sex offenders but it is not without limits  While lawmakers point to global positioning system (GPS) technology as a tool in keeping track of released sex offenders, GPS tracking isn’t without limitations. “It’s not as good as I’d like to have,” said Sen. Leo Foley, DFL-Coon Rapids, Senate crime prevention and public safety committee chair. Indeed, while system coverage in the metro is good, coverage diminishes in Greater Minnesota, Gary Shelton, of Midwest Monitoring/Surveillance, told the Senate committee on Wednesday (Feb. 18). Factors such as building structure can influence whether global position satellites can get a read. “I’d be ...  [ Read the GPS Article: GPS tracing can keep track of released sex offenders but it is not without limits ]
4.	Youth Tracking>Parents Use Cell Phones to Track Kids  Parents wanting to keep track of their teenagers can now use a cell phone with a GPS tracking device to monitor their child's movements. A company called "Teen Arrive Alive" is marketing the Nextel phone to parents. A tracking device on the phone alerts parents to where the teen is and even how fast the teen is driving. Jack Church, Vice-President of Marketing for "Teen Arrive Alive," calls the phone a tool for parents to keep closer watch on their children. Church became involved with the company after losing his own son in a drunk driving accident. His body was not found for two days. Par ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Parents Use Cell Phones to Track Kids ]
5.	GPS Offender Tracking>GPS will track sex offenders  BOSTON -- Some of the state's most dangerous sex offenders will be required to wear ankle bracelets under a satellite tracking system that will allow law enforcement to monitor their whereabouts 24 hours a day. Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday approved $1 million to use Global Positioning System technology to track Level 3 sex offenders during the terms of their parole or probation. Gov. Romney said public safety concerns outweigh their right to privacy. "We are working hard together to make sure that if you're a dangerous sex predator, Massachusetts is your worst nightmare," Gov. Romney said. A ...  [ Read the GPS Article: GPS will track sex offenders ]
6.	GPS Offender Tracking>GPS tracing can keep track of released sex offenders but it is not without limits  While lawmakers point to global positioning system (GPS) technology as a tool in keeping track of released sex offenders, GPS tracking isn’t without limitations. “It’s not as good as I’d like to have,” said Sen. Leo Foley, DFL-Coon Rapids, Senate crime prevention and public safety committee chair. Indeed, while system coverage in the metro is good, coverage diminishes in Greater Minnesota, Gary Shelton, of Midwest Monitoring/Surveillance, told the Senate committee on Wednesday (Feb. 18). Factors such as building structure can influence whether global position satellites can get a read. “I’d be ...  [ Read the GPS Article: GPS tracing can keep track of released sex offenders but it is not without limits ]
7.	GPS Offender Tracking>Sex offenders need tracking  To combat the problem of repeat sex offenders, Office of Public Safety Secretary Edward Flynn has proposed using Global Positioning Satellite devices in Massachusetts to monitor convicted sex offenders after they are released from prison. GPS devices will help law enforcement workers eliminate wrong suspects and find criminals more efficiently. If used judiciously, this proposed policy will not rush in an era of Big Brother, as some critics fear, but will instead be a useful, lifesaving tool for Massachusetts law enforcement. A convicted sex offender may get released from jail, but this does n ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Sex offenders need tracking ]
8.	Youth Tracking>teen tracking  Locate your teen and car fast... The G-Trac Locator (Tracking Beacon) is one of the most innovative GPS tracking devices on the market today. This one-of-a-kind location device is concealed in a standard silver casing (left). This tracking device can be concealed in practically anything, from a car to a boat, to anything that requires concealment. This device was designed for constant, reliable operation and high-life. This device can be connected to the power supply on a vehicle or boat to prevent drain on the units internal battery. This tracking device is not able to be found unless a stand ...  [ Read the GPS Article: teen tracking ]
9.	Youth Tracking>Tracking Your Children With GPS: Do You Have The Right?  Modern technology means we can track our children, but do we have the right to know where they are, and do they have the right to keep their location from us? Parents may not be able to keep their children in sight at all times, but GPS technology allows them to track their location almost anywhere. Many emerging products focus on children. With either existing GPS technology or that which one day may find its way onto the retail shelves, parents will be able to keep track of teenagers' use of cars, to know how fast the teens have been driving, or to find them when they do not return from a d ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Tracking Your Children With GPS: Do You Have The Right? ]
10.	>Lawmakers earn praise  On Sept. 17, I attended a press conference where Rep. David Nangle and Sen. Steven Panagiotakos announced that one million dollars had been set aside in the supplemental budget for the GPS tracking of Level 3 sex offenders. As a parent who has been very involved in this issue, I see this as another win for the children of Massachusetts, and I applaud Rep. David Nangle and Sen. Steven Panagiotakos for listening to the needs of their constituents, and the commonwealth. Due to their combined efforts, this bill was not only created, but was walked through the many legislative processes by them to ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Lawmakers earn praise ]
11.	GPS Offender Tracking>Technology Tackles Troublemakers as the War on Crime Heats Up  He has been on the run for over a year. Hiding in caves, mountaintops, and countrysides, Osama Bin Laden is America's most wanted. As U.S. military forces vigilantly track and monitor his every move to try to capture him and his henchmen, arguably the most effective weapon in their arsenal is global positioning systems, more commonly known as GPS. These devices, equipped with a transmitter and receiver, work in tandem with aerial satellites to determine the pinpoint location of Al Qaeda forces in the war on terrorism. GPS military products have been very successful over the last year in helpin ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Technology Tackles Troublemakers as the War on Crime Heats Up ]
12.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>DIGITAL DETECTIVE  A group of global satellites will soon be tracking Georgia's most violent parolees and sex offenders. Ten Georgia counties, including Bibb, Houston and Toombs, have been selected to participate in a $500,000 state program that will monitor 180 parolees using the Global Positioning System. According to manufacturer Trimble Navigation Limited's Web site, GPS is a worldwide radio-navigation system that uses a constellation of 24 satellites to track people, animals and vehicles. The system uses the satellites as reference points to calculate positions accurate to a matter of yards. "It's like havi ...  [ Read the GPS Article: DIGITAL DETECTIVE ]
13.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>High-tech devices can spy on kids 24/7, but what about trust?  Wondering what Web sites your teen visits when you're not looking or whether he's really at the party he says he is attending? Technology is here to help. Today's safety concerns have parents turning to the latest devices - everything from Web cams to software to spyware - to keep tabs on their children. advertisement Parents can text-message or call their child on a cell phone, buy software that traces what chat rooms their children visit, use global positioning satellite devices that track where junior is going in dad's car. They can even use new fetal imaging devices to peek in on a child ...  [ Read the GPS Article: High-tech devices can spy on kids 24/7, but what about trust? ]
14.	GPS Offender Tracking>GPS lets law’s long arm grow  He follows his people everywhere, recording each step they take, timing how long they linger in places they’re not supposed to be. “We’re tracking you every single minute. Big Brother is watching you,” said Bendon, who works for ComCor Inc., a nonprofit group that offers programs to rehabilitate criminals. ComCor recently introduced technology that allows it to peer via satellite into a criminal’s life. Authorities looking to deal with jail overcrowding hope the Global Positioning System satellite technology — considered more sophisticated than traditional radio frequency monitoring — will ...  [ Read the GPS Article: GPS lets law’s long arm grow ]
15.	GPS Devices>Alternatives to satellite vehicle tracking  As wireless technology improves, it's possible to monitor vehicle movements more accurately than before. Fleet tracking technology is also becoming less expensive, bringing it within the reach of smaller operations. Traditionally, using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to pinpoint vehicles was the preserve of large fleet operators, such as trucking companies and railways, says Frank Viquez, director of automotive research at ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y. That market is nearly saturated today, Viquez says, so fleet management providers are pursuing smaller customers. To do so, t ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Alternatives to satellite vehicle tracking ]
16.	GPS Devices>Helpless as a ...  There seems to be no escape. It seems as if we're almost physically attached to our mobile phones, and new products and services constantly invite us to depend on technology - in some cases to trust it where we cannot rely on others. A good example is the faith parents place in devices that help keep track of their children. Today it's mobile phones but trackable ID cards, GPS systems and child-location beepers are on the way. A school in Osaka caught the world's attention this year when it opted to tag students with radio frequency ID (RFID) cards, allowing parents and teachers to confirm arr ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Helpless as a ... ]
17.	GPS Offender Tracking>Budget calls for tighter tracking  If Gov. John Hoeven gets his way during the 2005 Legislative Session, "freedom" won't be what it used to be for high risk sex offenders released on parole. They'll be out of prison, but not out from under the watchful eye of law enforcement. Hoeven's proposal, unveiled during his biannual budget address, calls for numerous changes to the laws surrounding the sentencing, treatment, and release of sex offenders within the state of North Dakota. The most radical change is that of global tracking ­ to watch an offender's every move, even after their release from jail. "We were having some sex off ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Budget calls for tighter tracking ]
18.	GPS Offender Tracking>Offender tracking system helps Va. county save big  Law enforcement officials in Roanoke County, Va., have gone into the bracelet business, but hold the cubic zirconia. These aren’t the kind of accessories that will impress friends at a holiday party. The county sheriff’s department is using a potent mix of technologies including global positioning systems, ankle bracelet transmitters and Microsoft’s MapPoint digital mapping software to track the whereabouts of people who have been arrested for such nonviolent crimes as petty larceny and driving-related offenses. The department has equipped 30 nonviolent offenders with ankle bracelet transmit ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Offender tracking system helps Va. county save big ]
19.	GPS Offender Tracking>VeriTracks™ Increases Offender Accountability  VeriTracks™ holds probationers accountable for their actions by monitoring their whereabouts and reporting questionable actions to authorities. VeriTracks™ Removes the Anonymity of Offenders Under Supervision VeriTracks™ removes the anonymity of criminal offenders under state supervision by tracking their location and providing location information to law enforcement and corrections officials. Tracking and reporting offender location has been shown to improve probation compliance. With VeriTracks™, offenders know they are being continuously monitored and their locations matched against crime ...  [ Read the GPS Article: VeriTracks™ Increases Offender Accountability ]
20.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>Go Ahead, Just Try to Disappear  As her daughter enjoyed a weekend road trip, Donna Butler sat back home 120 miles away at her personal computer and watched a blue dot tick slowly across the screen. But not slowly enough. "They were going 85 on the interstate where the speed limit is 70," said Butler, who interrupted 17-year-old Danielle's getaway to let her know, " 'I will personally come up there and drive you home.' " It would have been easy to find her. Whenever Danielle is away from her central Florida home, her mobile phone uses a global positioning system to transmit her precise location, which her mother can track onl ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Go Ahead, Just Try to Disappear ]
21.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>Georgia tracks parolee by GPS  Watson is a convicted felon who was paroled from prison in late November. The Marietta resident has been outfitted with a high-tech Global Positioning Satellite electronic monitor that lets his parole officer track his every move. Michael Watson wears an ankle monitor worn by other parolees and a GPS unit (at waist) that records his movements. Blue dots show Michael Watson's path from his home to a parole center. The red dot (center) shows where he was when this photo was made. Parole Officer Alan Smith can download information from the receiver and transmitter Watson wears around his ankle an ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Georgia tracks parolee by GPS ]
22.	GPS Offender Tracking>Offender Tracking and Verification  When 11 year-old Carlie Brucia was kidnapped and murdered in Sarasota, Fla. in February by an ex-convict who was on probation, law enforcement had no record of his whereabouts and offender tracking became a hot topic. Bill Reach, the director of information services at Florida's Citrus County Sheriff's Office, believes that Brucia's case might have been solved earlier, or even prevented, if law enforcement had been able to attach Smith to a new tracking device before releasing him from prison. The new tracking system, Veritracks, is the product of a five-year partnership between the Florida ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Offender Tracking and Verification ]
23.	GPS Devices>STOP Acquires Two Leading Offender Monitoring Technologies  Satellite Tracking of People LLC ("STOP") announced that it had closed a new round of equity funding on December 21, 2004, and completed two simultaneous acquisitions. Specifically, STOP acquired the VeriTracks business line and the related key personnel from General Dynamics , and, through a subsidiary, 100% of the stock of Verquis, LLC from Strategic Technologies, Inc. . The acquisitions bring together first-of-its-kind technology in the field of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking for offenders within the criminal justice system, including patented crime scene correlation capabilities ...  [ Read the GPS Article: STOP Acquires Two Leading Offender Monitoring Technologies ]
24.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>Snooping by satellite  When Robert Moran drove back to his law offices in Rome, N.Y., after a plane trip to Arizona in July 2003, he had no idea that a silent stowaway was aboard his vehicle: a secret GPS bug implanted without a court order by state police. Police suspected the lawyer of ties to a local Hells Angels Motorcycle Club that was selling methamphetamine, and they feared undercover officers would not be able to infiltrate the notoriously tight-knit group, which has hazing rituals that involve criminal activities. So investigators stuck a GPS, or Global Positioning System, bug on Moran\'s car, watched his ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Snooping by satellite ]
25.	GPS Offender Tracking>One-piece monitoring system redefines prison industry  Having put in time behind desks in the private prison industry, a couple of seasoned corrections veterans have turned their sights toward the heavens. The founders of Nashville-based STOP have tapped Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite technology that allows tracking of automobiles through products such as OnStar, to provide a new approach to the nation’s growing prison overpopulation problem. STOP — or Satellite Tracking of People — claims to have the only one-piece GPS device that tracks the whereabouts of released offenders. The BluTag product is being marketed to federal, state ...  [ Read the GPS Article: One-piece monitoring system redefines prison industry ]
26.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>Offender tracking system helps Va. county save big  Law enforcement officials in Roanoke County, Va., have gone into the bracelet business, but hold the cubic zirconia. These aren’t the kind of accessories that will impress friends at a holiday party. The county sheriff’s department is using a potent mix of technologies including global positioning systems, ankle bracelet transmitters and Microsoft’s MapPoint digital mapping software to track the whereabouts of people who have been arrested for such nonviolent crimes as petty larceny and driving-related offenses. The department has equipped 30 nonviolent offenders with ankle bracelet transmit ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Offender tracking system helps Va. county save big ]
27.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>Congress Considers Evacuation Tracking  Feb. 7, 2005—The United States House of Representatives is seeking technology to track people in the event of an emergency. Vendors have until Feb. 15 to submit information about a system that could report on the location of House members, staff and visitors during an evacuation from House-operated facilities. Vendors of radio frequency identification products are among the companies responding to the House\'s request. \"There are numerous ways to address tracking,\" says Erik Michielsen, the director of RFID and ubiquitous networks at ABI Research, a consulting firm based in Oyster Bay, N.Y. ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Congress Considers Evacuation Tracking ]
28.	Youth Tracking>Parents track daughter with GPS cell phone  BAKERSFIELD - Mom and dad can’t always be back seat drivers, but a new piece of technology could help parents get a better handle on their son or daughter as kids get behind the wheel. It’s a cell phone that can track how fast teens are driving and their location. It’s accurate to within 100 feet. It’s no substitute for good parenting, but it could provide parents with more peace of mind. Every time 16-year-old Katie Adams starts her truck, her parents start to worry. “Always,” said her parents, Linda and Donald Adams. “Not only for her, but for other people.” About two months ago, the Califor ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Parents track daughter with GPS cell phone ]
29.	Criminal Justice System>Tracking Sex Offenders In Florida  Panama City FL USA Team Amber Alert__Just days after John Couey confessed to kidnapping and killing nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford, officials learned he took jobs that gave him access to hundreds of children. He worked construction at two Florida schools, most recently the elementary school where Jessica was a third grader. Now, state lawmakers want a better way to track sex offenders. \"The technology is there, you can actually put a GPS tracking device on an offender. You know where they are at any moment of the day,\" Rep. Everitt Rice, (R) Indian Shores says. Sex offenders and predators ar ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Tracking Sex Offenders In Florida ]
30.	Youth Tracking>Keeping tabs on teens  Stephen Matsumoto of Miami is a decent kid. His grades are good, and his mother, Jacqueline, likes the kids he hangs out with. But at 16, Stephen is -- well, a teenager -- and is susceptible to the pressures and dangers that come with that age. So last October, Jacqueline bought him a Nextel phone with a global positioning system, or GPS, chip, and signed up for a tracking service called Teen Arrive Alive. Cellular towers and satellites track the phone. They relay Stephen\'s location and even speed of travel when he carries the switched-on phone in a car. \"Before I got this, I was always que ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Keeping tabs on teens ]
31.	GPS Offender Tracking>Local officials concerned with money, staffing issues  SPRINGFIELD -- Rockford\'s chief detective and Winnebago County\'s top prosecutor like the idea of tracking local sex offenders with global positioning systems -- as long as their agencies aren\'t on the hook for the tab. \"Local police certainly would not have the resources to monitor (GPS data) but certainly could benefit from the results,\" said Dominic Iasparro, deputy chief of detectives at the city\'s Police Department. State\'s Attorney Paul Logli called the idea \"wonderful\" and added: \"If they make it some type of unfunded mandate to the counties, then I\'ve got some serious problem ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Local officials concerned with money, staffing issues ]
32.	Asset Locators>Axonn\'s Commercial Logistics Technology Tracks Supplies in Iraq and Kuwait  NEW ORLEANS, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Convoys carrying perishable supplies from Kuwaiti ports are tracked to Baghdad and beyond using the AXTracker GPS tracking device from Axonn. AXTracker is a battery operated mobile tracking device that is delivered ready-to-go, installs in minutes and operates with the Globalstar Simplex Data Service. More than 2500 AXTrackers have been in daily use in support of logistics resupply throughout Iraq and Kuwait over the last six months. Axonn\'s AXTracker is available through a network of value-added resellers. The bulk of units operating in the Middle East a ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Axonn\'s Commercial Logistics Technology Tracks Supplies in Iraq and Kuwait ]
33.	GPS Offender Tracking>Fox: GPS can track offenders  HAMILTON - Butler County Commissioner Mike Fox says he has found a low-cost but high-tech way to keep track of convicted sex offenders, people who are on probation and those who are under court orders to stay away from specific locations. Fox said he recently did a simple Internet search and found a Texas-based company called STOP - Satellite Tracking Of People - which received Federal Communications Commission approval to begin selling its patented ankle bracelet this week. The new bracelet offers greater sophistication than similar devices, yet costs only about $10 a day to use, Fox said. It ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Fox: GPS can track offenders ]
34.	GPS Offender Tracking>House passes Jessica bill, lifetime monitoring of some criminals  House passes Jessica bill, lifetime monitoring of some criminals With the abduction and murder of yet another child fresh in their minds, members of the House unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to give certain sex criminals either life sentences or lifetime satellite tracking after they get out of prison. Named the Jessica Lunsford Act after a 9-year-old Homosassa girl who was abducted and killed - allegedly by a sex offender - the bill would set a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life in prison for people convicted of molesting children under 12 years old. If the person serves less than life, ...  [ Read the GPS Article: House passes Jessica bill, lifetime monitoring of some criminals ]
35.	GPS Offender Tracking>State may track sexual offenders with GPS  LEE COUNTY— If the Florida legislature passes the Jessica Lunsford Act, convicted sexual offenders who are out of prison would have to wear a global positioning system device. The device would track the offenders, possibly for the rest of their life. Parents and police say it is a good idea, but sexual offenders believe it\'s a violation of their civil rights. The idea of tracking sexual offenders by GPS was spurred by two recent crimes in Florida which resulted in the deaths of two girls under the age of twelve. At a meeting Thursday night, parents, police and Ken Heller discussed the idea of ...  [ Read the GPS Article: State may track sexual offenders with GPS ]
36.	GPS Offender Tracking>Sexually violent criminals in Montgomery County could be tracked by an electronic monitoring device  \"GPS electronic monitoring can provide data on the location of a sex offender on a minute by minute basis, tracking the offender throughout his day,\" District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. testified on Tuesday before the House Republican Policy Committee. \"The active component of the system can be used to immediately notify the appropriate agency when a sex offender either leaves or enters a restricted zone,\" Castor said. The House held hearings on Bill 115, which would set parameters for the use of electronic monitoring to track sex offenders. If the House committee supports the measure, t ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Sexually violent criminals in Montgomery County could be tracked by an electronic monitoring device ]
37.	GPS Offender Tracking>Florida child molesters face GPS tracking for life  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Spurred by the killing of a 9-year-old girl, Gov. Jeb Bush today signed a law imposing tougher penalties on child molesters and requiring many of those released from prison to wear satellite tracking devices for the rest of their lives. The measure gives Florida one of the toughest child-sex laws in the nation. The Jessica Lunsford Act was quickly drafted after Jessica\'s death was discovered in March and was pushed through by lawmakers outraged that the man accused of killing her was a registered sex offender. It passed both the Senate and House unanimously. It establishes ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Florida child molesters face GPS tracking for life ]
38.	GPS Offender Tracking>Florida\'s tough stand against child molesters  MIAMI – When convicted sex offender John Couey fled to Georgia in February after allegedly kidnapping, raping, and killing nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford in northern Florida, it took authorities almost a month to track him down. Mr. Couey, a pedophile with a long history of abusing children, was one of almost 60 sex offenders whose whereabouts were unknown to authorities in Citrus County after he failed to comply with the requirement to inform them of a new address. He simply disappeared from the state\'s logs. The outrage that followed Jessica\'s killing and the abduction and murder last mo ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Florida\'s tough stand against child molesters ]
39.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>California won\'t join Florida in lifetime tracking of molesters  A Senate committee rejected a bill to track the location of child molesters for the rest of their lives using satellite technology, a day after similar legislation was signed into law in Florida. Senators said Tuesday they may reconsider the bill in January, but said it needs major revisions after Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, used a parliamentary maneuver to introduce the legislation less than a week ago. Denham\'s bill would have required lifetime monitoring of anyone convicted of molesting a child under 12. It is patterned after the new Florida law named after 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who ...  [ Read the GPS Article: California won\'t join Florida in lifetime tracking of molesters ]
40.	GPS Offender Tracking>GPS Tracking of Criminals . . . and Everyone Else?  William Saletan looks at GPS tracking of convicted child molesters and others. He demonstrates rather convincingly that the use is likely to spread to increasingly less dangerous criminals, perhaps eventually even to non-criminals. These \"Global Positioning System\" (GPS) monitors are the latest rage in crime-fighting. Jurisdictions in half the states are reportedly using them. The Journal of Offender Monitoring (yes, that\'s its name) estimates the monitored population at 120,000. Lawmakers promote GPS as high-tech medievalism, a way to get tough on perverts who can\'t be kept in jail. But t ...  [ Read the GPS Article: GPS Tracking of Criminals . . . and Everyone Else? ]
41.	GPS Offender Tracking>Lawmakers Consider GPS Parolee Tracking  SACRAMENTO—State lawmakers are considering a bill to give jail authorities some high-tech help in tracking criminals. The plan: force parolees and probation candidates to wear satellite tracking devices. Although some agencies are worried about the potential legal consequences, one local county is embracing the tracking technology. Tracking down parolees or probation violators can be time-consuming and dangerous. Placer County is one of the first in the state to use a Global Positioning Satellite system to keep track of people on probation. Marshall Hopper, Probation Manager, told FOX40 News d ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Lawmakers Consider GPS Parolee Tracking ]
42.	GPS Offender Tracking>Sex-offender monitoring ready  BOSTON -- Probation officials will begin actively monitoring the comings-and-goings of the state\'s most dangerous sex offenders next week when the first probationer is outfitted with a satellite-tracking ankle bracelet. Seven months have passed since Gov. Mitt Romney signed a bill authorizing active monitoring of sex offenders who have been released on probation or parole and who are classified at Level 3, considered the most dangerous and the most likely to re-offend. The tracking bill was originally filed by Rep. David Nangle and Sen. Steven Panagiotakos, both Lowell Democrats. “We have to ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Sex-offender monitoring ready ]
43.	GPS Offender Tracking>Shooting survivor in favor of tracking device  HAMILTON -- Deanna Louderback has led a relatively quiet life in the 11 years since her then-estranged husband put a bullet in her head. The Hamilton native prays daily that her assailant, Gary Heath, never again sees the outside of his prison walls. And if, by chance, he does manage to make parole Louderback hopes authorities slap a GPS tracking device on him and equip her with a receiver. On her 28th birthday in May 1994 while Louderback was opening a bar she owned in the Cincinnati area, Heath surprised her in the parking lot and forced her into the building at gunpoint. He beat her for 45 ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Shooting survivor in favor of tracking device ]
44.	GPS Devices>Discrete Wireless Announces Official  Atlanta, GA - (July 27, 2005) - Atlanta-based Discrete Wireless, Inc. a leading provider of GPS Vehicle Tracking Systems, today announced their official Teen Tracking Dealer Network, a new program for coordinating Discrete Wireless distributors who specialize in providing, installing, and training of GPS Vehicle Tracking solutions for parents of teen drivers."The teen market has always been important to us," said Doug Benson, Director of Marketing for Discrete Wireless. "But before we could be dedicated in creating a successful consumer business around the teen market, we needed to build a sup ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Discrete Wireless Announces Official ]
45.	GPS Devices>Big Mother is Watching: Discrete Wireless Announces Official GPS Teen Tracking Distributor Network  ATLANTA, July 27 -- Atlanta-based Discrete Wireless, Inc. a leading provider of GPS Vehicle Tracking Systems, today announced their official Teen Tracking Dealer Network, a new program for coordinating Discrete Wireless distributors who specialize in providing, installing, and training of GPS Vehicle Tracking solutions for parents of teen drivers."The teen market has always been important to us," said Doug Benson, Director of Marketing for Discrete Wireless. "But before we could be dedicated in creating a successful consumer business around the teen market, we needed to build a superior produc ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Big Mother is Watching: Discrete Wireless Announces Official GPS Teen Tracking Distributor Network ]
46.	Criminal Justice System>Navicom to Introduce a New Portable Battery-Powered GPS Unit for Civilian, Law Enforcement & Homelan  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 28, 2004 -- Automotive Capital Group, Inc. (OTC: AOCP) and wholly owned subsidiary Navicom, Inc. that offers GPS tracking technology that works in 98% of the US, Canada and Mexico, today announced the new portable battery-powered GPS tracking unit will be introduced next month for civilian, law enforcement and homeland security use. Navicom's new portable unit will be smaller in size with a battery life up to 300% longer than the current unit. The applications range from personal use for road trips and hikers to attaching the unit with a special harness underneath a veh ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Navicom to Introduce a New Portable Battery-Powered GPS Unit for Civilian, Law Enforcement & Homelan ]
47.	GPS Devices>Homeland Integrated Security Systems Completes Development of Cyber Tracker V.1  ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 30, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HISC), in conjunction with Arcom, is pleased to announce that they have successfully completed the development of the Cyber Tracker V.1 and are ready to begin manufacturing. The Cyber Tracker is on schedule to be delivered for fourth quarter of this year. Homeland Integrated Security System's patent-pending Cyber Tracker is a portable detection device designed to provide real-time GPS tracking of vehicles, people or other mobile or movable objects. Its convenient rugged design (5" x 5" x 1") m ...  [ Read the GPS Article: Homeland Integrated Security Systems Completes Development of Cyber Tracker V.1 ]
48.	Electronic Monitoring Programs>State to use satellite to track sex offenders  The state has a plan to track sex offenders. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is planning a 60-day pilot program with a Utah company to use a satellite tracking system to monitor them. TrackerPAL, a technology from Salt Lake City-based SecureAlert, will be used on 25 identified paroled sex offenders within Pennsylvania's parole centers. The global positioning satellite technology is known as GPS. There is no scheduled start date for the program, but corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton said it likely will begin in the next few months. Brian Dalton, a SecureAlert spokesman, said t ...  [ Read the GPS Article: State to use satellite to track sex offenders ]