The news is full of excellent stories about how GPS is helpful to businesses, consumers, and even ambulances. You probably haven’t seen as many stories about how many benefits GPS tracking represents for law enforcement.  However, there are many. These are just a few ways in which police departments and their officers can benefit from law enforcement GPS technology.

Evidence Gathering

GPS tracking logs and data provide outstanding historical data. In the evidentiary process, this type of evidence can confirm or discredit alibis, establish vehicle locations at specific times, and determine how long the vehicle was in a specific location. This information can be critical when establishing “opportunity” in relationship to specific crimes.

For the sake of law enforcement professionals, it’s even possible to use GPS tracking in order to defend against accusations levied against them for common, and often unfounded, complaints such as driving speeds, operating outside of patrol areas, and harassment. How does that work? By establishing where vehicles are at all times. GPS tracking can even determine the speed the car is traveling at any given time to provide evidence that officers are operating according to department policies at all times. Of course, it is necessary to abide by GPS tracking warrant rules. Read the rest of this entry »

The NFL preseason is already underway, and this year, the coaches have a new trick up their sleeves.  NFL teams will utilize GPS tracking technology to improve their games.

The National Football League (NFL) is accustomed to changing its ways and evolving in order to have a more effective game strategy, including new techniques during practice and live games. The newest development is with the use of global positioning systems (GPS) technology.

GPS technology is also evolving in its own right. It has gone from simple tracking and navigational systems to tracking data for the use in the habits of wild animals, keeping seniors safe, tracking employees and monitoring fleet vehicles.  Now, the technology is being applied to sports. Read the rest of this entry »

Clean drinking water is something many people throughout the world take for granted. Yet 800 million people, according to Charity: Water founder, Scott Harrison, do not have access to this vital, life giving resource. That is why Charity: Water came to be.

However, getting the donation dollars necessary to bring this clean water to the 800 million people in the world who do not have access to it, requires millions upon millions of charity dollars. Unfortunately, high profile cases of donor fraud have made people, as a whole, reluctant to donate without absolute certainty of where their donated dollars are being spent.

Now, with the aid of GPS tracking technology, Scott Harrison is able to provide donors the ability to see their donation dollars in action. Remote sensors allow donors to follow the progress of clean water moving into regions where there has never been clean water for drinking. Read the rest of this entry »

Animal pack theory regarding sheep retreating to the center of the pack, is proven by GPS tracking.

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) has been used in a variety of studies for tracking animal movements in their natural habitat, and the study of sheep’s behavior using tracking technology is the latest experiment.

This isn’t the first time scientists have suspected animals move a certain way in groups when they are threatened, but GPS tracking devices helped researchers get a definitive answer.

The study, which is published in Current Biology, was conducted by researchers at Cambridge University and Royal Veterinary College in London. Read the rest of this entry »

Wine thief caught red-handed (pun intended) with $500,000 worth of wine, by using GPS tracking.

GPS tracking devices are catching all sorts of criminals these days. From thieves trying to steal expensive construction materials to individuals stealing cars, GPS tracking devices are helping victims become crime solvers. The newest story is in regards to imported wine stolen from a truck owned by American Express Lines.

GPS trackers are being used by law enforcement throughout the country, as well as individuals and businesses. Many owners of trucking companies, like American Express Lines, have installed these devices on their trucks in lieu of a potential theft and to keep track of employee’s deliveries and expedite properly.

In Miami, Florida, the owner of American Express Lines thought it would be like every other day. That was until one of his trucks, a 53-foot semitrailer, went missing. Since he knew there was a GPS tracking device on all his trucks, he immediately got the local police involved.  The device on the truck allowed police to follow every move the thieve made, unbeknownst to the criminal. Read the rest of this entry »