Police Use GPS Monitoring To ID Suspects In Murder Case

LOS ANGELES — A gang member suspected in the slaying of a 20-year- old woman led police right to him within minutes of the crime thanks to a monitoring ankle bracelet he wore as part of his parole, police Chief William Bratton said Wednesday.
Nelly Vergara Hernandez was shot and killed as she [...]

Sheriffs monitor offenders by GPS

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY — A new federal grant will allow the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office to monitor domestic violence offenders on pre-trial release.
They’ll be tracked with a global positioning satellite unit strapped to their leg until they go to trial. The sheriff’s office will be able to track an offenders every movement and strengthen their ability [...]

California Leads the Way on GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) reported recently about a significant milestone reached as it successfully completed placing every High Risk Sex Offender (HRSO) parolee under its jurisdiction on global position satellite (GPS) monitoring.
California has clearly become the nation’s leader when it comes to tracking sex offenders via the [...]

Hoyle Introduces Bill for Lifelong GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders

Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, has introduced a bill that he hopes will supplement the proposed Jessica’s Law. His bill would require anyone convicted of molesting a child younger than 13 to submit to GPS monitoring for life.
“This is a one strike and you’re out,” Hoyle said.
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Tri-City sex offenders being tracked with GPS

If four Tri-City sex offenders say their day was spent job hunting, yet they never left the couch, authorities will know.
And if they go near a schoolyard, community park or even their victim’s home, they will be caught.
That’s because wherever they go they are being recorded by global positioning satellites.
The offenders are [...]

Bill Would Put GPS Devices on Truant Students

Bill Would Put GPS Devices on Truant Students

WASHINGTON — Kids in Prince George’s County might want to think twice before skipping school.
Lawmakers in the county are proposing that children who skip school be fitted with a GPS tracking devices.
Maryland Delegate Doyle Niemann (D-Prince George’s Co.) says it’s not enough to simply hold parents accountable [...]

Tracking Device-How about using GPS monitoring to stop batterers?

Last month, 26-year-old Rebecca Griego was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan Rowan, as she sat in her administrative office at the University of Washington. Rowan had previously threatened to harm Griego, her sister, and their dogs, and she had gotten a restraining order. She’d also passed out pictures of [...]

More States Move to Use GPS Tracking of Sex Offenders

NEW YORK —  The crimes of convicted sex offenders are starting to haunt them … literally.
Many states are initiating programs that track registered sex offenders using Global Positioning Satellites, or GPS, sometimes for life. GPS can track the exact location of the offenders at all times, making it easier for law enforcement to [...]

Judges rule against GPS monitoring of sex offenders

Pittsboro, N.C. — A Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that because a Chatham County man was convicted of sex offenses before the state adopted a monitoring law, he does not have to wear a satellite tracking monitor.
The decision by Judge Allen Baddour was the latest setback for the state’s attempts to [...]

GPS seen as way to aid abuse victims

BOSTON — The young mother’s long nightmare began to subside soon after her abusive ex-husband was outfitted with a satellite monitoring device that would electronically warn authorities if he ever got too close to her.
The woman, who requested anonymity, can now drive her children to the store again without going 45 [...]