should police be allowed to attach and track your car with a gps device, constitutionally wrong?
in the name of safety…
agree or disagree
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081203275.html
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about 2 years ago
Not without a warrant.
about 2 years ago
they shouldnt but they are trying to
about 2 years ago
They can do that now if they get a warrant. But your own safety won’t get a warrant.
This is not new technology…it has been used for years.
and they are only using it on people they already have as suspects in previous crimes.
about 2 years ago
Not without a warrant. But it doesn’t matter, the USA is quickly becoming a police state and there isn’t much people can do about it.
Fear is a very strong emotion.
I love this statement “is essentially the same as having an officer trail someone, just cheaper and more accurate. Most of the time, as was done in the Foltz case, judges have sided with police. ”
Well get off your lazy asses and tail them then. I guess they were too busy setting up speed traps to tail a possible rape suspect.
if they had tailed the guy maybe a girl wouldn’t have been dragged into the woods, instead they just go “oh look, dude is in the woods, lets check it out”
Mean while a woman is still traumatized in an effort to “save money”
about 2 years ago
If the have a warrant or court order …yeah.
about 2 years ago
As long as the courts approve, I guess. The sad state of affairs is that in today’s America, you can no longer trust your neighbor, the police, the justice system or elected officials. You can’t trust them, and we (in many parts of the country) are not allowed our Constitutional Right to Bear Arms, so we can’t even protect ourselves.
about 2 years ago
i disagree that it is constitutionally wrong…
they usually have the suspects, but need more evidence..this gives them that..they don’t need a warrant and they shouldn’t
and its preventing crime
i support it.
i support taking the rights of criminals away who are taking the rights and lives of citizens away…
David Lee Foltz Jr., who had served 17 years in prison for rape, lived near the crime scenes. To figure out if Foltz was the assailant, police pulled out their secret weapon: They put a Global Positioning System device on Foltz’s van, which allowed them to track his movements.
Police said they soon caught Foltz dragging a woman into a wooded area in Falls Church. After his arrest on Feb. 6, the string of assaults suddenly stopped. The break in the case relied largely on a crime-fighting tool they would rather not discuss.
how can you argue that…
you are going to complain about “big brother” how many people actually depend on their big brothers for safety, this is for people that don’t have one, and a really “big brother” who is armed for the psychos out there…vigilantism is not an option.
with crime and terrorism its not taking your rights away it is taking “their” rights away……do nothing wrong and you have nothing to fear..
do you really want the freedom to drag a girl in the woods and rape her, or the freedom to make a bomb and threaten with it…i support the patriot act too…
they have my 100% full fucking support and they always will.
about 2 years ago
No I don’t agree without a warrant. If they suspect someone then they can follow them- keep them under surveillance. The tracking without a warrant seems un-constitutional to me & a little bit to “Big Brother”.
about 2 years ago
I think it’s fine, the likelyhood of them actually using it for personal gain is small and pointless (not like they can do anything with it unless the person actually does something wrong).
For those that get all p*ssed and say that cops should get off their a**es: You have no idea what it’s like to be a cop and what those cops have to go through, shut the f*** up until you’ve been one and learned what it’s like to protect the very people that hate you.
about 2 years ago
How do we know that GPS is not already built into these new GM’s? After all they hold the purse strings at GM and the UAW owns GM. And we know who the UAW supported in the last election. And besides, you have a cell phone you have a tracking device when it’s on. The day will come,with this administration, that GPS will be mandatory on all Autos. How else will they keep track of how far we are driving. You know! for the common good.
about 2 years ago
It’s already constitutional-no warrant required. There has been a court case on this. The idea is that the device is outside the vehicle, and is no more intrusive than tailing the suspect, which is absolutely permissible.
Anyone with OnStar can be tracked anywhere. A client tracked her husband to a strip club with it.
about 2 years ago
They should only be allowed to do this to people who need to be kept track of….like child molesters.
about 2 years ago
With a warrant, yes, I have no problem with it. What I do object to are things like California’s plan to use GPS tracking to determine how many miles you drive and then tax them.
about 2 years ago
If they have a warrant they will. You voted for them you got what you asked for.
If you have on-star or GPS enabled phone you did it to yourself. We have choices, choose wisely.
about 2 years ago
I don’t think this is something that should be allowed even with a warrant.
about 2 years ago
Without a warrant it is a total invasion of our rights. I kind of even agree with the person above me, that even with a warrant I don’t like this idea. Our civil liberties are at risk in every way when we stop standing up for them. This is supposed to be a free country and we are supposed to be proud of our freedom. This story makes me furious. I saw it on the news and started yelling at the TV. Why does the government think they can keep up with this spying on people? There seems to be cameras everywhere, talk of GPS devices, and phone companies willing to help turn our conversations over to the govt without question.
Something is seriously wrong. I don’t want anyone to get scared, quite the opposite. It is annoying and frustrating that we have not stood up to govt bullying yet. We will, I just am not sure when…