GPS Tracking on Legs Trips Up Young Burglary Suspects
With age comes wisdom. That advice comes too late for two teen burglary suspects in Fort Myers, Florida. The police know they’re the ones responsible for a residential break-in because the wisdom-deficient teens were wearing GPS fleet tracking-style monitors on their legs.
“I think we need to call ‘America’s Dumbest Burglars’ for an interview,” the homeowner said. The teens had been in trouble with the law before. “The monitor shows them meeting up traveling to the location and the time they spent,” the arresting officer said.
Most teens probably don’t appreciate “Hansel and Gretel” anymore, but they should be aware that even a basic GPS fleet tracking system generates a “breadcrumb trail” of a vehicle’s exact route from the time it left one location home to its presumed destination.
In the case of fleet vehicle drivers, some may protest that if you use the GPS fleet tracking to follow their movements while on the job, just say they have no reason to be concerned so long as they obey your driving rules, curfews, speed limits and other guidelines. If they’re as well-behaved as they say they are, then they have nothing to worry about.
But back to tracking suspects: If a Washington state representative has his way, convicted sex offenders would have a GPS fleet tracking unit surgically implanted in his or her shoulder. Rep. Al O’Brien, a retired Seattle Police sergeant, told KING-TV, “We’re going to put it someplace in them so he or she can’t get it out.”
Checking around the web, we learned that implanting a GPS fleet tracking device in a human shouldn’t be confused with implanting an RIFD chip in an animal. That chip’s transmitting range is only about 12 inches and it requires an RIFD reader to identify a lost pet. When you think about it, how long would an implanted GPS tracking device last on an internal battery? Would it need to be surgically removed and fitted with a new, long-lasting power source every few years, as with heart pacemakers? Would a warrant be needed to track the offender’s movements?
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