Posts Tagged ‘laws’

GPS Tracking Devices: Invading Your Privacy – Fox News Boston

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Massachusetts’ highest court is scheduled to decide if GPS vehicle tracking by police is an invasion of privacy. The decision could be precedent-setting because it might allow law enforcement agencies to use GPS tracking systems to track suspects without first obtaining a court order. The MyFoxBoston Undercover news team notes that use of the technology is on the rise. Steven Moehling, Vice President of Sales for LandAirSea Systems Inc. in Woodstock, IL, was interviewed as part of the television news segment. LandAirSea’s most popular vehicle tracking device, the GPS Tracking Key, was tested on a news vehicle.

GPS Monitoring Provides Hard Evidence in Courtroom

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

If satellite technology had been in existence 75 years ago, notorious bank robbers like Bonnie and Clyde might have gotten a more serious run for their money!

Originally developed by the United States Department of Defense for such military applications as navigation, target tracking, and searches and rescues,  GPS tracking systems have been heralded as the new method with which to fight crime and ensure public safety.  They are increasingly finding their way into America’s courtrooms as an effective means of producing certain evidence that was not available even ten years ago.

Global positioning systems (GPS) are able to identify a suspect’s physical location using the numerous satellites that orbit the earth.  Offenders wearing GPS tracking devices enable law enforcement officials to track the whereabouts and movements of these offenders almost second by second.

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