GPS Tracking Devices May Be Placed on Vehicles by Police Without Warrant, says Madison Judge
Steven Moehling, Vice President of Sales for LandAirSea Systems in Woodstock, IL said he was not at all surprised by the ruling.
“Traditional GPS tracking systems have many proven and practical applications,” Moehling said. “Not only law enforcement, but government agencies have been trusting and using LandAirSea vehicle tracking devices for years.”
Those government agencies include the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Since 1994, LandAirSea has been a leading provider of both passive and active GPS tracking solutions. All five systems in LandAirSea’s current product line use the most sensitive GPS technology on the market. Each has the capability to record vehicle position every second, within about 6 feet of accuracy.
In February, a LandAirSea passive vehicle tracking device provided critical evidence used to convict a New York man of second-degree murder. George Ford Jr. told authorities he accidentally ran over his 12-year-old babysitter, but evidence retrieved from the Tracking Key conflicted with his story. Ford’s wife planted the GPS tracking device in his vehicle because she suspected he was cheating.
In another, very similar, court case, Massachusetts’ highest court is scheduled to decide if law enforcement agencies can track suspects with GPS tracking systems without court order.
Laws vary from state to state and region to region. It is the responsibility of the user to check local laws and/or consult an attorney to ensure that the vehicle tracking system they own, is used in a lawful manner.
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