The distracted driver epidemic and escalating claim settlements are having a large effect on the auto liability insurance market. Companies with fleets face constant exposure and should consider a telematics system that can assist in protecting employees, the business, and putting underwriters at ease when they are pricing the program. So what is a telematics […]
Police have identified the man who they fatally shot to end a police pursuit in Ohio on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. The Allen County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who was fatally shot by police as 46 year old Ohio resident Terry R. Pierce, Jr. Pierce was fatally shot after leading police on a […]
Vehicle telematics, often referred to as a “black box”, track vehicle location, movement, speed and general performance. These devices record and also actively transmit data to management reporting tools and business applications. Engine management systems also often contain stored data accessible by telematics devices; fuel consumption and “greener” driving data being an area of particular […]
A Columbia woman spent the night in jail after she allegedly told a Spring Hill judge she was a Metro police officer after getting a speeding ticket for going 50 in a 35 mph zone. She is now charged with criminal impersonation. According to Detective Mike Foster, the 43-year-old woman stood in open court Tuesday […]
Criminals in Conyers, GA stole 4 trucks full of equipment that belonged to a local landscaping business. Surveillance video shows the trucks driving away from the Newton County company’s lot, each loaded with landscaping equipment totaling over $120,000. The company’s president, Allen Clemons, says the crime left him scrambling to keep customers happy and was shocked […]
In an effort to reduce their overhead costs, many businesses allow employees to use their personal vehicles to complete their daily tasks. Take Uber for example, which relies solely on the personal vehicles of their drivers. While this strategy has paid off for some companies, it is important to evaluate the liabilities associated with this. […]
One of The Erie County (N.Y.) Bureau of Fleet Services employees has been accused of impersonating a police officer in order to pull women over late at night. The man’s name is Steven Adamski. He has been identified by three different women who were allegedly pulled over by him as they drove into their neighborhood, […]
UPS has issued an apology to a dog owner and to their customer, a senior living facility in Atascadero, California, after a video of one of their drivers sparked an uproar on social media. In the video, the driver is shown kicking a small white dog and then proceeding to assault the owner, who watched […]
A Massachusetts man has been indicted for using a GPS tracking device as a tool to arrange a violent attack on his estranged wife and her lover. Hubert Hartley was upset and angry after his wife left him for her new boyfriend and took their children with her. Hartley had threatened to kill her or to have […]
“Jackie’s Law,” created to help victims of domestic violence and GPS stalking, was signed Wednesday in New York by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Under the new law, New York police can charge people using GPS tracking devices to stalk victims without the victims pressing charges. The law is named in honor of Jackie Wisniewski who was […]
Los Angeles County probation deputies have been plagued with problems monitoring the GPS tracking devices on felons. A story in The Times revealed deputies receive around 20,000 trivial alerts a month from the GPS systems making it harder to keep track of the alerts that matter, such as an offender ready to flee. In 2013, […]
Prosecutors had no trouble securing the conviction of 27 year old Brandon Campbell this past Saturday. Campbell was accused of robbing as many as 15 homes in Colorado. During the robberies, Campbell was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet that monitored his whereabouts. The GPS tracking data from the bracelet put Campbell at the scene of […]
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Bloodhound K9 Tracking Unit will now be utilizing two customized GPS canine vests donated by Universal Surveillance Systems LLC. Each vest is equipped with GPS that tracks the canines every moment during training and suspect apprehensions while also recording and transmitting audio and video. The cameras can record up […]
The St. Petersburg police department appear to have taken a page right out of James Bond’s playbook, in an effort to be more effective in tracking criminals in a high speed pursuit. During a high speed chase, a sticky, GPS tracking cannonball can be fired from a mounted cannon on the hood of a police cruiser […]
Johnny Ray Morgan of Palm Bay is on probation for having sexually battered a child in 1995. After cutting off his court-ordered GPS tracking device, his probation officer was immediately notified. Probation officials then alerted Palm Bay police, who searched wooded locations in which Morgan had before camped, as recorded by previous GPS tracking data received. […]
Some accused of felony domestic violence in Ramsey County (Minnesota) are now offered the choice of wearing a GPS tracking device in exchange for reduced bail. “When a judge will order a no-contact order, which is very typical, that’s only a piece of paper. And what we ought to be thinking about is what else […]
Due to budget cuts, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been removing GPS tracking system devices from paroled, known gangsters. Unfortunately, at least one of the formerly tracked, Lawrence Lamar “Poopie” Jackio, is suspected of being involved in a home invasion-robbery, turned shooting – just one day after his ankle monitoring device was removed. […]
Boston Police have a new weapon to use against criminals. Combining their ShotSpotter detection system and the city’s street cameras, investigations into shots fired incidents begin before police officers arrive on-scene. Whenever a shot is heard by ShotSpotter, the nearest street camera will automatically “turn towards that incident for about a minute to give us […]
