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WA - What good is tracking criminals with GPS tools?

View the article here I have said it over and over, and so has many other people, that GPS is a waste of tax payer money, and does nothing to deter or prevent crimes.  If a person is intent on committing a crime, or pushed to the fringes of society, then they will commit a crime, just like this man did.  And now, another child is dead, and did GPS or anything about the sex offender laws prevent this?  Nope! 02/25/2009 By Keith Eldridge & KOMO Staff SEATTLE -- The alleged murder of a girl by a transient sex offender wearing a GPS device is raising questions about the effectiveness of the tracking strategy. GPS is a tracking tool, not something that can stop criminals in the act, law enforcement officials said. Darrin Sanford was one of the most closely-watched sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).