Distracted and reckless driving is the number one killer of teenagers. Not drugs. Not alcohol. States are now rolling out extra measures to ensure teen safety on the road including an extra step teenage drivers must take before they get their license. (They must watch a new 2-hour video they can access online that hits…
The latest gadget aimed at reducing the number of high-speed police pursuits was demonstrated to area law enforcement on Thursday in a parking lot at the Toledo Police Academy in Perrysburg Township. About 20 officers from police and sheriff’s departments in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan got a firsthand look at the high-tech GPS tracking…
Chattanooga, Tn. – Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Two men charged with robbing a credit union in East Brainerd on Monday are facing federal charges after police quickly located them using GPS tracking devices hidden with the stolen cash. Nicholas Cheaton and Stephan V. Beasley Jr. are charged with bank robbery. The incident happened at the…
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (WNCT) – For the first time, Martin County Schools will use a GPS system to track its buses. Right now, staff and drivers are getting training on how the system works. The new GPS system is the latest move in Martin County Schools to keep drivers accountable and improve safety. With the new…
ROWLETT — A mother says a tiny GPS tracking device may have saved her 15-year-old daughter’s life. The teen has Asperger’s, an autism spectrum disorder. And Monday, the device may have stopped a sexual assault from going further. The mother bought it just last month because her daughter has a tendency to wander off. “I can…
A cellphone tracking app helped catch a suspected robber and carjacker in Santa Ana, police said Friday. A man told police he was sleeping in a 1997 Honda CR-V in the 1600 block of North Susan Street, when he awoke around 7 a.m. to find an armed man, wearing a hoodie and mask, on a…
An unprecedented case will see the parents of four young children from separate families fitted with GPS tracking devices to stop them from joining Islamic State (Isis). On 2 March, the children, one mother, and members of their extended family — including a maternal grandmother and the uncle of two of the children — were…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC)- Genesee County will soon use GPS tracking devices to track county owned vehicles. To see how this might play out, they can look right next door to Monroe County which has been using GPS systems on county vehicles for the past 10 years. Monroe County has 38 vehicles equipped with the Verizon…
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They’re designed to keep the public safe and save local law enforcement money. In a time when new technology seems to debut every few months rather than every few years, GPS tracking devices are helping the criminal justice system keep an eye on convicted criminals and even those awaiting trial. It played out in a…