[FedCom] Re: Advanced Tracking Techniques

[gary]

It seems to be getting the GPS to work well underneath a car isn't easy. 
Of course, I did see it used once on CSI. ;-)


Blaine Brooks wrote:
>  >From: "News1" <news1 at airmail.net>
> 
>  >It's really not very unique at all.  In face thousands of fleet 
> vehicles are
>  >tracked the same way. I'll avoid making it too advanced:
> 
>  >http://www.teletrac.net/
> 
> True. I know about GPS trackers on fleet vehicles
> and such, even public safety. I suppose I should
> not have used "unique". I just meant it was
> "interesting" how they do it here, and how they can
> get so much info, as opposed to the "other" and more
> common way of just visual surveillance (which
> is still done here as well). The control center can just
> look on a screen and tell the agents out in the field
> where to converge on a suspect. They can respond
> from their field office rather than following around
> someone all day or night. I'm curious how they attach the
> GPS tracker without the suspect knowing, or do they
> use the suspects cell phone? Do they just plug in the
> number? How does that work? How do they know that
> the suspect has a GPS equipped phone? Thankfully,
> I don't have one (or at least I don't THINK I do). That's
> just damn scary. Are GPS equipped vehicles
> registered in some form or fashion with law enforcement
> where just by plugging in the license number, a law
> enforcement agency could find out you have a GPS
> equipped vehicle to track you?
>