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Mass. officers use GPS to find kidnapped girl
By George Barnes and Danielle Williamson Telegram & GazetteATHOL, Mass. — Using technology more commonly seen in television crime dramas, an Athol police officer and a deputy chief in the town's ...
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Air Wing delivers high-tech survival
The Air Wing conducts more than 1,900 missions annually, including searches, surveillance of large gatherings, and aerial investigations of crime scenes.By Stan Freeman Springfield RepublicanCHICOPEE, ...
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Small GPS devices help prosecutors win convictions
Related articles: GPS devices to monitor domestic abusers Texas cops use GPS to nab carjacking suspect GPS helps crack case in killing, LAPD says By Mitch Stacy The Associated PressLike millions of motorists, ...
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Texas cops use GPS to nab carjacking suspect
LEWISVILLE, Texas — Lewisville police said they used GPS technology to locate one of two men wanted in connection with a series of carjackings.Police said two armed men stole a Lewisville woman's ...
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GPS devices to monitor domestic abusers
By David Eggert The Associated PressLANSING, Mich. — Mary Babb was in her SUV last year when her estranged husband slammed into her with his pickup truck. The crash overturned Babb's vehicle and ...
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Dallas PD using GPS to combat car thieves
By Wendy Hundley The Dallas Morning NewsDALLAS — Thieves beware: The loot you stole just might be tracking you.That's what happened in Lewisville recently, when two large air-conditioning units were ...
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GPS seen as way to aid abuse victims
By Liam Ford The Chicago TribuneBOSTON — The young mother's long nightmare began to subside soon after her abusive ex-husband was outfitted with a satellite monitoring device that would electronically ...
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GPS may help enforce restraining orders
By Liam Ford The Chicago TribuneCHICAGO — Anyone who violates an order of protection could be forced to wear a satellite tracking device that would issue an electronic warning if the offender gets ...
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GPS lets citizens monitor Fla. officers' speed
By Stephen Thompson The Tampa Tribune LARGO, Fla. — Did you ever want to know how fast a police officer was driving on a particular day? Now you can find out if he works for the St. Petersburg Police ...
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Tenn. police say GPS helping solve theft case
By Lauren Gregory The Chattanooga Times Free Press EAST RIDGE, Tenn. — Frank Geismar does all he can to keep track of the construction equipment he manages for East Ridge-based Brown Bros. Inc. But ...
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GPS helps crack case in killing, LAPD says
LAPD officials look to expand gang GPS program By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — In what officials are calling a first for the LAPD, detectives on Tuesday said ...
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LAPD scoots into the future
The department is employing such Space Age innovations as 'smart' cars and high-tech three-wheelers. By Bob Pool Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — With red-and-blue lights flashing and sirens wailing, LAPD ...
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Urban Chicago gang crackdowns head to the suburbs
By Steve Patterson The Chicago Sun-Times Have some gang investigation tips? Visit the P1 Gang forumCOOK COUNTY, Ill. — Ask Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart about the growing gang problem in the suburbs, and ...
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Digital mapping to aid FBI
FBI agents investigating violent crimes in more than a half-dozen major metropolitan areas will soon begin using off-the-shelf digital mapping software to uncover valuable leads that weren't evident before. ...
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Chicago officers may be tracked by GPS
By Kim Janssen The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Every Chicago Police officer's movements could be electronically tracked by global positioning systems if a program being tested in the Chicago Lawn District ...
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N.Y. police use GPS data to charge man in slaying
The Associated Press OTSELIC, N.Y. — Police used data from a global positioning system installed by a suspicious wife to charge a man with murdering the couple's 12-year-old baby sitter. George Ford Jr., ...
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In search for Fla. woman, satellite blazed trail
The GPS in Susan Fast's Lexus kept a record of where the vehicle went By Emily Morris and Christopher O'Donnell Sarasota Herald-Tribune LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — Nobody followed the driver of Susan Fast's ...
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