[Vision2020] GPS System Leads to Speedy Arrests

[Ralph Nielsen]

I'm sure the day is not far off when all cars and trucks will be  
equipped with GPS so we can all be tracked---in the name of War on  
Terrorism.

Ralph



[Vision2020] GPS System Leads to Speedy Arrests

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Wed Nov 15 15:51:45 PST 2006


 >From the Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) -

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GPS system leads to speedy arrests
BY JIM NOLAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Thursday, November 9, 2006

RELATED: Police Beat

Leave it to a band of low-tech armed robbers to rent a getaway car  
with a
global positioning system.

Suffice it to say, the car wasn't hard to find.

[snip]

McCoy said the owner of the rental agency was able to track his vehicles
through their GPS systems, and pinpointed the Ford a short distance  
away,
near Chamberlayne Avenue and Lombardy Street.

As police mobilized, the rental-agency owner was also able to send a  
signal
to disable the vehicle, stranding the occupants.