GPS Tracking

Child Molester Escapes Because Monitoring Bracelet Doesn’t Have GPS Tracking

It took a Great Escape to prove to folks in Australia that a criminal’s natural urge to flee justice is maybe a bit stronger than his right to privacy.

A convicted child molester has escaped an extended supervised stay facility near Melbourne. Red-faced police authorities admit that, while the criminal was fitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet as a stipulation of his probation, they do not know where he has gone. That’s because the bracelet was equipped with a simple electronic warning system and not the latest GPS tracking technology. (more…)

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Electronic data loggers are a perfect GPS tracking solution when details are important, but immediacy is not an issue.

Most people shopping for a GPS tracking device will think that they want a live or real-time GPS tracking system, probably because it is the type they are most familiar with. A gadget that immediately shows the user its location on a computer seems to make the most sense; until the consumer investigates price.

Real-time GPS tracking devices are about twice the price of an equivalent passive model, plus most of them will have ongoing monthly charges from a wireless carrier ranging from $20 to $60.

Choosing passive GPS tracking would be the cost-effective solution, but the decisions don’t end there. A search of online GPS tracking dealers will yield a wide spectrum of GPS data loggers at different price points, with different features, and definitely with different looks. (more…)

News stories involving child abduction have a powerful way of making people reflect on their own lives and families. We all want to protect our children from harm, but we can’t watch them every minute.

The kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard in California may have generated one of the most fearful reactions in recent memory. It is unnerving, first because she was held captive for 18 years, living in tents and sheds in her kidnapper’s backyard; and second, because she has two daughters, allegedly fathered by him.

Each new report of child abduction is usually followed by an interest in personal GPS tracking devices and other defensive measures. Parents and caregivers want to do everything they can to keep their children from being snatched; or, if they do disappear, to find them quickly, unharmed. Parents might be giving stronger consideration to GPS tracking devices or some other kind of emergency locator for their children.

GPS tracking is a technology already being used for child tracking. There are several small, portable, battery-operated GPS devices made for vehicle tracking that can easily be carried by a person. With continued demand, there is promise that the future will bring us even more compact and covert GPS tracking devices. (more…)