They should track all convicted violent criminals.  Three million career criminals out on the streets.   There are over 250 million guns.  Which are easier to track?  A gun does not commit a crime.  Allow citizens to watch on the internet if there are any bad guy near there home or business.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/tc_nm/crime_california_gps_dc

California gang members to be tracked by GPS Thu Mar 16, 6:32 PM ET



California prison officials have begun using Global Positioning System anklets to track known gang members.

The gritty suburb of San Bernardino, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, this week became the first California city to use the GPS satellite navigation system to track gang members when the devices were strapped onto three parolees, state Department of Corrections spokeswoman Jeanne Woodford said.

Six California counties began using GPS to monitor sex offenders in 2005 and some have already been arrested for violating parole after they were tracked to off-limits areas.

"GPS tracking is just another tool in the bag; we will still use ground personnel to track gang members," said Sarah Ludeman, another spokeswoman for the corrections department.

Under an arrangement between prison officials and San Bernardino, high-risk parolees known to belong to street gangs will be released from custody on the condition that they wear a GPS bracelet on their ankles at all times.

They appear as moving dots on a map and if they try to remove the anklet or enter unauthorized areas the device sends an alert to a base station monitored by law enforcement officials.

The University of California at Irvine will review the results of the pilot program for its effectiveness.

San Bernardino is a city, not a suburb.



 www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/

Quoted: San Bernardino is a city, not a suburb. www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/img/splash/homepage.jpg  www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/

nice town. almost got shot twice there

was once called the murder capital of the US

thats Kaliphornia for ya!

why do they insist on doing dumb shit like this?
Would money be better spent on a few lethal injections?

IIRC due the changes in cell phone regulations in 2005, every cell phone made now has a GPS chip installed it, so if you own a newer cell phone they can track you anytime, anywhere, anyway, (provided the cell phone is on).

It's the 21st century and we're livin in George Orwell's world now.

No ankle bracelet necessary.

Mike

ETA - this reminds of an article I read 6 or 7 months ago of how some eastern cities are beginning to use "cell-phones" to monitor traffic problems, simply by tracking the private cell phone movement (as most users have their phones on while in their cars) of the masses on their way to and from work......

Oooooh, I just had a radical thought.  What if we put gang members in jail?  Then we wouldn't even need GPS to track them.

Quoted: Oooooh, I just had a radical thought.  What if we put gang members in jail?  Then we wouldn't even need GPS to track them.

I have an idea. What if we took a bigass state and stuck all our violent criminals, radical leftists and hippies in it so they would all make each others life hell.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Oooooh, I just had a radical thought.  What if we put gang members in jail?  Then we wouldn't even need GPS to track them. I have an idea. What if we took a bigass state and stuck all our violent criminals, radical leftists and hippies in it so they would all make each others life hell. "Mr. Stevens, The Court finds you guilty of kidnapping, posession of cocaine, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and 3 counts of murder.  It is the court's decision that you are to be immediately transported to Los Angeles or San Francisco, to remain there, for the rest of your natural life."

Screw that.  Cali has much too nice a climate.  Besides, we already have a better option.  "Escape from New York" wasn't a movie, it was a vision of the future.

Quoted: "Mr. Stevens, The Court finds you guilty of kidnapping, posession of cocaine, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and 3 counts of murder.  It is the court's decision that you are to be immediately transported to Los Angeles or San Francisco, to remain there, for the rest of your natural life."

Mr. Stevens, "Can I have the death penalty?  Please!"

First they put GPS chips in Child molesters, But i hated them so  i thought it was good.
Then they put the GPS on Gang members, But i hated them so i thought it was good.
Then they put the GPS chips on Wife beaters, But i hated them so i thought it was good.
Then they put the GPS chips on Drug addicts, But  i hated them so i thought it was good.
Then they put GPS chips on gun owners and guns............................I did'nt know how much i was hated..............................................................

Quoted: I have an idea. What if we took a bigass state and stuck all our violent criminals, radical leftists and hippies in it so they would all make each others life hell.

This is stupid.  If you want to arrest a gang-member parolee you just go to their house, toss their stuff, take their dope and guns, send 'em back to prison.  It's easy.

The California Department of Corrections just changed their name to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.  Maybe by spending five times as much as we should for a device to attach to the leg of a shitbag who shouldn't be outside the prison walls in the first place, we will be rehabilitating him.

I suspect this is a way for the CDC and R to claim they're monitoring their shitbags with a higher level of supervision, but the end result will probably net fewer parole violations.

Remove GPS and insert  45 caliber FMJ @ 1400 ft/sec.  

Quoted: First they put GPS chips in Child molesters, But i hated them so  i thought it was good. Then they put the GPS on Gang members, But i hated them so i thought it was good. Then they put the GPS chips on Wife beaters, But i hated them so i thought it was good. Then they put the GPS chips on Drug addicts, But  i hated them so i thought it was good. Then they put GPS chips on gun owners and guns............................I did'nt know how much i was hated..............................................................

Notice I said "convicted violent criminals".

If the stopped them, there would be no need to "put GPS chips on gun owners and guns".

This will have unforeseen (but perhaps not unintended) consequences for us "good people"

Hooray for the nanny state!!!!

Quoted: Hooray for the nanny state!!!!

Because one set of parents isn't enough.