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5 Reasons Why All Fleets Need Field Resource Management

Fleet management systems have been around a while and have become so complex that it has evolved into Field Resource Management. This article explores 5 reasons why all fleets need at least a basic Field Resource Management system.

BrightSign & Flixio Developing Kiosk Tracking System for CubeSmart

BrightSmart will install the kiosk tracking system in more than 300 CubeSmart storage facilities across the U.S.

Kansas Police Find Stolen Vehicle with GPS Tracking System

As soon as the police were notified that the vehicle had been stolen and it was equipped with a GPS navigation system, they jumped into action.

West Coast Gas Prices Up 54 Cents This Year

In 12 California cities, the average price of gas has already surpassed $4.25.

Pacific Coast states have seen an average increase of 54 cents per gallon since the start of the year, while prices in Mountain West states have increased by only 16 cents during the same period, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.

Gas Prices Up 29 Cents in One Month

Gas prices are up over 11% for the year and have now increased for 32 consecutive days. Today’s retail gas price is 13 cents more expensive than one week ago.

Cell Phone Tracking System Approved By Fort Worth City Council

The City Council of Fort Worth, TX has authorized the Police Department to purchase a portable system to track cellphones.

The new tracking system will “exponentially increase the ability” of police to “combat criminal activity.” Council members agreed to spend $184,000 for the new cell phone tracking system, reported the Star-Telegram.

Law enforcement wants to install the new tracking system because of Supreme Court’s recent decision about warrantless GPS tracking.

FBI Disables 3,000 GPS Tracking Devices

Due to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. v. Jones, the FBI has disabled about 3,000 GPS tracking devices it was using to keep track of suspects’ locations,

GPS Tracking Devices Uncover Corruption at Sewerage Authority

GPS Tracking Devices Used to Uncover Corruption at Sewerage Authority & Locate More Than $100,000 in Stolen Public Resources…City Employees Busted Stealing $100,000 of Equipment & Running Side Jobs

This week more than $100,000 in stolen public resources has been uncovered in Cinnaminson, NJ, and five full-time city employees, including the Cinnaminson Sewerage Authority’s top two employees, have been arrested on theft and corruption charges.

NY Atty. General Wants Prescription Drug Tracking System

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman visited Long Island this week to encourage the State Legislature to pass a bill creating a computer tracking system that will help combat the deadly epidemic of prescription drug abuse and its resulting crime wave.

Schneiderman wants to install a real-time tracking system with an online database enabling doctors and pharmacists to report and track prescriptions for the most commonly abused painkillers. The proposed tracking system and online database is called Internet System for Tracking Overprescribing, or I-STOP.

COLTS Invests $834,078 For Vehicle Tracking System

Public buses in Lackawanna will be getting a major upgrade this year. This week board members of the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) unanimously voted to invest $834,078 for a new real-time vehicle tracking system to “help the agency better monitor and manage its operations.”

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