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Covert GPS Trackers are a Cost-Effective Tool for Law Enforcement
Covert GPS tracking for law enforcement and private investigators has proven time after time to be a money and time saver for police departments and private investigations companies around the world. This post will provide you with more information on how GPS tracking is a helpful, smart investment for law enforcement agencies.
How are Covert GPS Tracking Units Used by Law Enforcement and Private Investigators?
Perhaps the most common use for GPS trackers in law enforcement is covert vehicle tracking. This entails undetectably equipping a vehicle with a GPS tracking device. Often the vehicle belongs to a suspect in a crime, or is a bait vehicle designed to catch car thieves.
In addition, law enforcement agencies often use covert GPS tracking devices to track large shipments of electronics or other valuable items at risk for theft. With a small covert GPS tracker tucked into a single box within a shipment, authorities have the ability to track the shipment, and be aware of its location at all times.
How Covert Tracking Saves Money for Law Enforcement Agencies
The most significant fiscal advantage of covert GPS tracking for law enforcement is that it reduces the amount of human resources necessary to complete an operation. For example, officers may no longer be required to spend an entire shift “staking out” a vehicle to locate a suspect, or waiting on a car thief to to make his move on a bait car. Instead, officers are now able to increase patrol time, and meet other obligations, because they rely on covert GPS tracking systems and GPS tracking software to alert them only when the tracked vehicle changes locations. Then, using the software, officers can immediately begin tracking the location of the vehicle, its speed, and direction of travel.
For more information about covert GPS tracking for law enforcement, visit www.trackingtheworld.com.
The OFT-210 GPS Tracker
One of TrackingTheWorld’s latest GPS tracking devices is the OFT-210, an ankle bracelet GPS tracking device. With the release of this GPS tracker, we’d like to inform our readers on how ankle bracelet GPS trackers like the OFT-210 are successfully put to use every day.
GPS Tracking for Home-Based Corrections
Considered a more cost effective alternative to already overcrowded jails and prisons, community-based corrections and in-house arrest programs are becoming a necessary choice for many localities. Attaching ankle bracelet GPS tracking devices to each offender allows program administrators to simultaneously monitor a large numbers of offenders via GPS tracking software. The GPS tracking devices can be programmed to alert authorities when the bracelet leaves a specific area, to assure that an offender leaves and returns from work at designated times, and to monitor the individual’s daily free time, if applicable.
Ankle Bracelet GPS Tracking for Elderly Loved Ones
Nursing homes and families are turning to GPS tracking ankle bracelets to track the location of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, who might otherwise be at risk for wandering away, becoming lost, or taken advantage of.
The ankle bracelet GPS tracking units can be programmed to alert caregivers and family members when the wearer leaves a specific area, such as their home, their neighborhood, or their care facility. This allows the individual to have as much freedom as possible while assuring their safety. In addition, modern GPS ankle bracelets are small in size, and are easily hidden by the wearer’s pants to provide as much dignity as possible.
Click to learn more about OFT-210 ankle bracelet GPS trackers.
The use of GPS tracking for city bus systems is certainly on the rise. City bus users in St. Albert in Alberta, Canada now have the ability to monitor their city buses in real time via any electronic device with access to the Internet. The vehicle tracking technology allows users to view the location of their bus on a map through GPS tracking devices installed on every bus in the fleet.
The new GPS tracking system is designed to prevent long wait times, making the public transit system more friendly, and ultimately increase the number of patrons choosing to use public transportation. Considering the popularity of smart phones, it estimated that nearly half of bus patrons will take advantage of the new real-time GPS tracking system.
The cost of adding customer-accessed real-time GPS tracking capabilities to the buses’ existing GPS tracking devices was approximately $100,000. St. Albert is the sixth municipality in Canada to offer customers real time GPS tracking for a public transportation system.
For more information about vehicle tracking via GPS tracking systems, visit http://www.trackingtheworld.com.
Want to know exactly when, where, and how fast your teenage son or daughter is driving the family car? With the safety of your child in the balance as well as the financial liability of having a teenager behind the wheel, this information could prove to be priceless for the safety and security of your family.
Many parents now use GPS tracking devices to monitor the driving speeds and location of their teenagers. These GPS tracking devices are small, relatively inexpensive, and easy to install and operate. With a GPS tracker and your smart phone or laptop computer, you’ll have the ability to access real-time, detailed analysis of speed, location, and historical data, and receive instant alerts on deviation from specified routes, and crossing a specified perimeter.
The value of tracking your teenage driver via GPS is immeasurable. With all the parental concerns that come with new drivers, knowing where they are and how they are driving is a sensible and smart parenting decision.
For a full selection of vehicle tracking solutions, visit http://www.trackingtheworld.com .
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GPS Tracking for College Students:
For most of us, the school year is coming to a close and summer is on the way. High school graduates are headed to college, and away from home, perhaps for the first time in their lives. During this memorable time, one of the most common concerns for parents is the personal safety of their young adult on campus.
In recent years, GPS tracking technology has become a very common added safety measure for the personal safety of campus students. GPS trackers have become more portable, incredibly reliable, and more affordable for families to use on a daily basis. Here is our best advice on choosing a GPS tracking device for your college student.
Choosing a GPS Tracker
Portability: When it comes to GPS tracking and college students, portability is an important factor. Students on the go want a GPS tracking devices that is small enough to fit in the pocket of their jeans, in a purse, or backpack. When using GPS tracking for your college student’s personal protection, assure that it is comfortable to wear and easy to use.
Durability: Busy college students need durable GPS trackers built to withstand the abuse of being carried around campus everyday and ocassionally tossed on a dorm room floor. Look for a tracker with a sturdy housing, and perhaps one that is water resistant to help you get the most return on your GPS tracking investment.
Reliability: A GPS tracker for personal protection purposes must be reliable. When selecting a tracker, ask the dealer about its ability to reliably work in low signal areas such as parking garages, theatres, and large campus buildings, it’s battery life, and how accurately the GPS tracker can pinpoint a location. In addition, shop for a GPS tracking unit that includes a panic button, which allows the user to send an SOS message which will automatically update you via cell phone in the event of an emergency.
Software: GPS tracking requires the use of GPS tracking software via the Internet. Your service provider will supply you with the login information necessary to monitor the location of your student’s GPS tracking device.
For More Information: For more information about GPS tracking systems and GPS tracking software, visit www.trackingtheworld.com, email sales@trackingtheworld.com or call 650-692-8100.
Now you can safely enjoy the beauty and adventure of the outdoors with the security of a real-time GPS tracking system. Showing your friends or family members how to track your travel, hiking, or biking excursion with GPS tracking software will allow you to rest assured that you can easily be located in the event of an emergency.
On the news, we often see stories about tragic circumstances ranging from families stranded in vehicles to hikers lost in the wilderness. A simple GPS tracking solution could successfully prevent these tragedies.
Far from the negative headlines about big companies tracking your phone in vague and ambiguous ways, real GPS tracking solutions are useful tools you can use to keep you and your family safe and sound.
OFT-210 Ankle Bracelet GPS Tracking System
It’s time for the May issue of GPS Tracking in the News! As always, we’ve been looking for great news stories about how GPS tracking systems are being used everyday by businesses, municipalities, and individuals around the world. Here are our top choices for May 2011.
GPS Tracking Devices for Domestic Violence Prevention: High Tech Alternative to a Restraining order?
Dutchess County New York is launching a test plan to utilize GPS trackers as a tool in preventing domestic violence. Repeat offenders and their victims will receive courtesy GPS trackers to track their movements. When the offender reaches a point deemed to be too close to the victim, both the victim and police are notified. The county implemented the program as a result of experiencing 4 domestic violence related homicides in less than a year. We’re wondering if the offenders will wear ankle bracelet GPS trackers similar to our OFT-210 tracker. Source: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2011/May/12/DC_DV_GPS-12May11.htm
Offender Removes Ankle Bracelet GPS Tracker
Police in Bakersfield, CA have alerted the public that a convicted sex offender has removed her GPS tracking ankle bracelet in an apparent attempt to flee. For situations involving home-based detainees, TrackingTheWorld recommends the OFT-210 anklet GPS tracker. It uses fiber optics to prevent false connections, comes equipped with a backup battery, and is equipped with an automated tampering alert. Source: http://www.turnto23.com/news/27860084/detail.html
Michigan Kids Launch Weather Balloon Equipped with GPS Tracking Phone and Camera:
Twin brothers in Michigan managed to get their whole school involved in a weather balloon launch designed to track and view the balloon’s journey through the use of a GPS tracker and a video camera mounted on the bottom of the balloon. After some trial and error, the balloon was launched and later found in a field. Source: http://grandhaven.wzzm13.com/news/news/grand-haven-twins-inspire-weather-balloon-launch/57048
Warrantless GPS Tracking Debate Continues
The Obama administration is pushing for warrantless GPS tracking by law enforcement, and has asked the Supreme Court to review the case of an individual whose case was thrown out of court due to warrantless GPS tracking. Proponents of warrantless GPS tracking are carefully following this legal development. Source: http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/179566.html
For more information about GPS tracking systems and GPS tracking software, incuding GPS distributor opportunities, visit our home page at: http://www.trackingtheworld.com.
While some GPS tracking dealers choose to sell many varieties of GPS trackers for multiple purposes, some dealers choose to find a niche market and target their services toward a specific group of people or to meet a specific need. One of the most profitable and growing markets within the GPS tracking industry is covert GPS tracking.
Here are a few tips for starting your own covert GPS tracking business:
Know the Market
Who are the biggest and best customers for covert GPS tracking devices? At the top of the list, you will find law enforcement agencies, government and military entities, and private investigators. Most often used to track vehicles, covert GPS tracking devices are considered to be a cost-effective alternative to absorbing thousands of hours of human resources for a single undercover project. Continue reading
