GPS helping nab suspects - Whether a warrant is needed in Ohio is unclear

The Straight Story

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Feb-07-10 12:04 AM
Original message

GPS helping nab suspects - Whether a warrant is needed in Ohio is unclear

GPS helping nab suspects

Law-enforcement officials in central Ohio have made three arrests in the past two weeks by secretly attaching GPS devices to suspects' cars and tracking their movements.

But they don't want to talk about it out of concern that the information will benefit criminal minds.

The Franklin County sheriff's office used the Global Positioning System to track down two men suspected in a string of home-invasion robberies on Jan. 23. But Chief Deputy Steve Martin wouldn't discuss its use of the technology, nor would he say whether investigators obtained a warrant to place the tracking unit on the suspects' car.

Whether a warrant is needed in Ohio is unclear.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/06/gps.ART_ART_02-06-10_B1_TEGH19G.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

LiberalFighter

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Feb-07-10 12:20 AM
Response to Original message

1. Is it legal to use GPS on cell phones?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

paulsby

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Feb-07-10 12:28 AM
Response to Reply #1

2. in my circuit, you need a warrant

OR exigency. like if we have a person who is actively suicidal and they have their cell, we will ping it to get a location

or if we get a 911 call from a cell and they either drop the call or don't know where they are

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Tue May 07th 2024, 05:46 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.