GPS tracking systems benefits police departments that are trying to improve service quality and reduce expenses. This technology offers individual units and headquarters real-time data, resulting in more effective and efficient police work.

Police can use GPS technology in many ways in their everyday work.  Below are four ways GPS tracking can be used by police departments.

Manage a Police Force

Law enforcement can better serve their local communities through the use of modern technology. Data from GPS tracking devices can show which police cars are closer to crime scenes and help to keep officers in their assigned zones. Read the rest of this entry »

Seagulls, known for their love of garbage, have made it possible for researchers to located an illegal waste dumping site in Spain.

The high landfill tax rate in Europe has created a black market for dumping waste throughout the continent, said Jim Baird of the Glasgow Caledonian University. The cost  to UK taxpayers of illegal dumping is approximately 300 million pounds, as per a report that was published by the Environmental Services Association Education Trust in 2014.

Though it is known that illegal dumping exists, it can be difficult to pinpoint the perpetrators. They are commonly white-collar criminals who are skilled at creating the façade of a legal company. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you a farmer, or do you own a construction company? Do you work in any industry that requires the ownership of equipment?

If so, you know how important your equipment is to the success of your business. You also know how susceptible your equipment is to theft. The National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates that construction equipment and tools to the tune of as much as one billion dollars worth is stolen in the United States every year; 90 percent of these theft occur at work sites. Between 1995 and 2001, these thefts increased by 64 percent, and the numbers continue to rise.

If you are the victim of equipment theft, what you do after you discover your equipment has been stolen plays a pivotal role in recovering your stolen property. Read the rest of this entry »

The future of the bear cubs that have been injured or orphaned is looking brighter, thanks to GPS tracking technology.

Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR,) an East Tennessee nonprofit that has concentrated their efforts on returning the cubs to the wild, has been outfitting bears with GPS tracking collars. The collars provide real time tracking data, keeping track of the bears in rehabilitates. Though the technology is not cheap, it is expected to provide valuable information on the bears, including their movements, their eating habits and their mortality rates, said Dana Dodd, the president of ABRs board of directors.

Dodd noted that if so much time and energy is being spent to care for the bears and get them back into their natural habitat, it only makes sense to know if the efforts have been successful. If changes or adjustments to the rehabilitation process need to be made, real data will allow them to make those changes. Read the rest of this entry »

Wine can be quite the investment for some people. Moving it, can be a tricky proposition too, which is where you come into the picture. Whether you’re moving wine for businesses or households, the odds are good that your wine delivery company can benefit greatly from GPS fleet tracking services – in all these ways and more.

Asset Tracking

Some wine bottles are very high value item. Over the years, numerous bottles have managed to “go missing” during transition. Whether stolen off the trucks while drivers were fueling up or having lunch or helped off the trucks by unscrupulous drivers, the end result is the same. GPS asset tracking can be used to track the GPS locations of individual bottles of wine. This allows you to receive a message anytime the bottles leave the truck so that you know instantly when a bottle (or many bottles) goes missing. Read the rest of this entry »