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Law Enforcements Call On GPS Technology To Help Fight Crime

The contemporary law enforcement agency now has a new collection of investigative tools for battling crime and enhancing efficiency and public safety:  GPS tracking technology.  And whether contemporary society agrees with it or not, these technologies are redefining the rules and strategies once grounded in the centuries-old conflict of “good guys vs. bad guys”.

GPS stands for Global Positioning System.  Initially developed by the U.S. Department of Defense as a navigation technique, GPS consists of a constellation of 24 satellites that can determine a person’s exact location.

Long used by private businesses and individual consumers, GPS tracking systems have significantly impacted the way law enforcement agencies attack all levels of crime in all their varying degrees.

GPS technology has been proven to be helpful to police in tracking and recovering stolen cars, identifying a suspect’s physical location, monitoring his movements and whereabouts, and even enforcing restraining orders placed on stalkers and other types of offenders.  The ability to monitor the location of a suspect or convicted criminal by surreptitiously attaching a GPS device to the person’s vehicle has opened the door to greater investigative possibilities like drug trafficking and homicide.  Likewise, satellite technology can instantly access images, fingerprints and license numbers of wanted or missing persons, even in the most remote locations.

GPS Tracking Key Aids Police in Violent Crime Investigations

A string of convenience store holdups in Colusa County, California last winter finally ceased when a Tracking Key placed the suspect’s vehicle in the vicinity of one of the acts. The Tracking Key was able to determine the arrival and departure of the vehicle, providing a vital piece of evidence that ultimately lead to the suspect’s arrest and conviction.  On the opposite coast, in Chenango County, New York, a suspect’s alibi was broken due to the findings of a Tracking Key that had been covertly installed in his car.  The suspect, initially charged with reckless endangerment in the death of a 12 year-old girl, was then charged with homicide when evidence produced by the Tracking Key accurately positioned his whereabouts on the night of the crime.  The suspect was issued an indictment from a grand jury and is currently awaiting trial.

Prior to the development of GPS technology, covert surveillance required significant resources and manpower to locate and monitor vehicles carrying suspects and offenders.  Advocates of GPS believe that as this technology continues to advance, it will succeed in reducing the amount of time and expenditure needed to activate this type of protected surveillance.

The Future of GPS And Law Enforcements

Used appropriately, GPS technology promises numerous benefits to our criminal justice system in decades to come.  Commercially available and easily affordable, GPS tracking has become a trusted source for law enforcement agencies across the country.   The days of cops and robbers and high speed chases are sorely numbered.  What was once categorized as science fiction is becoming a scientific reality.

Tags: Fight Crime, GPS Tracking, Law Enforcement, Technology

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