Powerhouse
01-28-2006, 10:04 AM
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/6476841/detail.html?subid=22100444&qs=1;bp=t
POSTED: 7:50 pm EST January 26, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS -- Convicted sex offenders in Indiana would be tracked by Global Positioning System satellites for the rest of their lives under a bill that is gaining support in the state Legislature, RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported Thursday.
Offenders would be required to wear equipment that would allow satellites to locate the subject. The technology could help authorities know when a person enters an area forbidden by a judge, and could help them know whether a person is attending required counseling programs.
Some law enforcement agencies already use the technology for various purposes, but the bill would dramatically increase its use in the state. Marion County has used GPS for years to track people waiting for trial and violent offenders who are serving a community corrections term...
This sounds ominously like creating reasons to use new technologies as a precursor to eventually requiring ALL people to be tracked by big brother.
Once you open that box it is usually impossible to close it again.
How about murderers? And then convicted drunk drivers next? Military personnel! They gotta have them too - have to know where the troops are, right?
Just think of all the "benefits" you could expand it's use for; tracking all children - always know where your child is - in school? on the bus? Now you can know! And once you are outfitted with it as a child there is no "real" reason to remove it as an adult, right? So it stays in and Big brother now can track your movements for the rest of your life.
POSTED: 7:50 pm EST January 26, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS -- Convicted sex offenders in Indiana would be tracked by Global Positioning System satellites for the rest of their lives under a bill that is gaining support in the state Legislature, RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported Thursday.
Offenders would be required to wear equipment that would allow satellites to locate the subject. The technology could help authorities know when a person enters an area forbidden by a judge, and could help them know whether a person is attending required counseling programs.
Some law enforcement agencies already use the technology for various purposes, but the bill would dramatically increase its use in the state. Marion County has used GPS for years to track people waiting for trial and violent offenders who are serving a community corrections term...
This sounds ominously like creating reasons to use new technologies as a precursor to eventually requiring ALL people to be tracked by big brother.
Once you open that box it is usually impossible to close it again.
How about murderers? And then convicted drunk drivers next? Military personnel! They gotta have them too - have to know where the troops are, right?
Just think of all the "benefits" you could expand it's use for; tracking all children - always know where your child is - in school? on the bus? Now you can know! And once you are outfitted with it as a child there is no "real" reason to remove it as an adult, right? So it stays in and Big brother now can track your movements for the rest of your life.