Violent spouses terrorize their families—children and spouses—with threats, intimidation, and physical violence. Few are apprehended, but those who are find themselves released back into the community where they seek out their families to offend again. Sixty percent of victims are repeatedly attacked, often with tragic consequences. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are increasingly being used to…
Uber added an “SOS” button to its app in India following the alleged rape of a passenger last year, and today Uber has announced plans to start improving that button in a significant way. Starting in the city Kolkata and potentially rolling out elsewhere, activating the SOS button will now send live GPS updates to local…
A Fraser Valley Correctional Center inmate who was part of a work crew at the Albion fairgrounds chose the wrong van to use as part an escape bid Wednesday. Ridge Meadows RCMP say a business reported a commercial van stolen from the Planet Ice parking lot Wednesday. However, the vehicle had a tracking device inside,…
Southampton County, Va. – A 53-year-old Courtland man was arrested Monday after stolen property was traced to his property via GPS tracking. The Southampton County Sheriffs’ Office served a search warrant at the home of John Wayne Fowler Sr in the 14000 block of Plank Road on Monday. Investigators working with the Hertford County NC…
Sheriffs are campaigning to pressure Google Inc. to turn off a feature on its Waze traffic software that warns drivers when police are nearby. They say one of the technology industry’s most popular mobile apps could put officers’ lives in danger from would-be police killers who can find where their targets are parked. Waze, which…
On Dec. 29, Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year old Geoffrey Guess and booked him into the Fresno County Jail after deputies were able to track him by GPS. Monday, Dec. 29, at around 8:30 a.m., deputies received a report of a stolen 2003 GMC pickup truck. The owner was able to track the GPS…
New York – Air travel advocates are demanding global aviation authorities explain how an AirAsia jetliner with 162 people aboard got lost at a time when satellites and webcams monitor society’s every move. “It should be impossible for an airliner to go missing” in an age when people can track their phones and cars to…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally and then released into the U.S.: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month launched a program to give GPS devices to some parents caught crossing the Mexican border illegally with…
Mansfield, Ohio – Police recovered a Chevy Impala reported stolen Friday morning by a 48-year-old woman who told officers someone apparently took car keys from an end table just inside her front door. Police tracked the location of the moving vehicle using a GPS device kept in the car. An officer activated emergency lights for…
NORMANDY PARK, Wash. — When Dr. Daniel Gilbert complained for months that someone was taking his hanging flower baskets from in front of his dental office, Normandy Park Police took his complaint seriously. “No matter how small of an investigation, we’re going to try to take it to completion. That’s what the citizens of Normandy…