GPS Tracking

In an economy that continues to realize the need to change traditional operations in all sectors as we deal with a paradigm shift in financial resource allocation, the United States is embracing every affordable technological application in the hopes of increasing efficiency while decreasing actual human presence in a cornucopia of different services.  To aid in this undertaking, many different civilian GPS tracking system manufacturers throughout the nation have contracted with local law enforcement departments in hope of utilizing the potential of a GPS tracker to replace traditional probationary measures related to certain types of criminal offenses.  One of the most common types of convicted criminal that law enforcement officers distribute a GPS tracker to is sex offenders on parole.  By utilizing the ability of GPS tracking technology to inform law enforcement officials of a person’s current location at any given moment, parole officers are able to take control of a much larger number of cases at any given time.  While one of the most cited benefits of a GPS tracker in monitoring convicts’ movement is its motion-activated alert system, the sensitivity of this feature has become an increasing burden on some law enforcement departments nationwide.  Fortunately, many GPS tracking system manufacturers are coming to the aid of police department officials.

California tracks more paroled sex offenders by means of a GPS tracker than any other state in the country.  The entire purpose of using a GPS tracking system is its proven application in detecting when a convict moves out of a designated area or even moves from one room to another inside that same area.  Every time a substantial movement occurs, or even if the battery on the GPS tracker is low, an alert is sent to the local law enforcement department’s headquarters for review.  This causes officers to be distracted from their normal operations in order to check in on parolees that many times are not doing anything in violation of their parole.

However, starting June 15 many GPS tracking system vendors will begin screening thousands of alerts and ensuring that only the most serious ones make it to the law enforcement headquarters.  This sharing of tracking responsibility will help to allow parole officers an exponentially greater amount of time in face to face interactions with offenders.  GPS tracking devices currently generate 64,000 alerts per month, according to California corrections department data.  With other states already farming out their GPS tracker alerts to third party monitoring centers, California’s law enforcement sector will surely realize a greater amount of flexibility once the alert outsourcing program is fully operational.

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Theft of High Priced Items is Priority

High Tech Answers Being Deployed

You know those semis that you pass on the Interstate systems around our nation are carrying lots of merchandise – many thousands of dollars of merchandise.  Groups of thieves have been targeting these trailers for the goods that they carry so that they can steal and profit from them on the black market.

The most popular items to steal are electronics, with food and drinks about even.  The reason is because electronics are in such high demand by consumers, and the food and drinks are very easy to move once they have been stolen.  Pharmaceuticals are popular, too because of their high street value.

Thieves are smart, though, and so a concerted effort is needed by the manufacturers, logistics industry, law enforcement and government to stem the tide of these types of theft.

The First Line of Defense

GPS Tracking devices are considered the first line of defense because they can be used in three ways.  First, to track the big rigs, large ships, and rail engines that provide the horse power to pull their cargo.  These vehicles have already been using satellite-based navigation systems to help monitor the shipping departure and arrival times of their cargo. (more…)

The faux red Ferrari that was Ferris Bueller’s “choice” machine in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is going to attract a new owner.

The borrowed sports car that was part of Bueller’s ditch day in the 1986 John Hughes teen comedy is set to go to the highest bidder on April 19. Bonhams Auction at the RAF Museum in London announced the pending sale. Organizers think it might sell for between $40,000 and $60,000.

A real 1961 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder recently sold at auction for $11 million. But this model, despite its celebrity, will go for much less because it is a replica. It’s a kit car dressed up to look like a GT. In a recent interview, Matthew Broderick, the now-grown star of “Ferris Bueller” said the movie producers probably didn’t trust kids with the rare, terribly expensive vehicle, so they came up with a more affordable alternative. Broderick, in fact, recalled that the car didn’t run very well and kept stalling during filming.

Sounds like Broderick is not an interested party.

No owner in his right mind would let a real Spyder out of his sight without some serious anti-theft equipment. Would you rely on recovering your stolen vehicle with the GPS tracking technology provided on a cell phone that might or might not remain with the car? A standalone, real-time GPS tracking device, discreetly installed direct on the vehicle, should be on the “must have” list for a “must have” car.

In the movie, Bueller justifies the theft of his friend’s father’s car with the comment, “It’s his fault he didn’t lock the garage.” Anyone who owns a really rare car would not settle for that as an excuse.

Real-time vehicle tracking devices like the Victoria GPS, a product from industry leader LandAirSea Systems, can be purchased today for about $300 and installed in only a few minutes. The Victoria GPS tracking unit is motion activated and does constant tracking, giving location updates every 10 seconds.  Other GPS tracking units provide a location update only when the user sends a request to the device.

Until recently, people who had expensive cars had few choices in theft prevention, besides locked doors, noisy, obnoxious alarms and security personnel. Now a live GPS tracker can alert the car’s owner with a geo-fencing feature, the minute that asset leaves a designated geographic boundary, and it can continue to report the vehicle’s route moment-to-moment until the asset is recovered or the thief is apprehended.

Bueller wouldn’t have had a chance pulling off his daylong joyride.

Source: Yahoo Movies