Pretty sure some agencies have GPS beacons in their units.
what about saying your gps coordinates?
Pretty sure some agencies have GPS beacons in their units.
I can see where having a unit or even a belt mounted device could be hacked if it broadcasted constantly, but a burst occasionally would be hard to pin down. Either a button the officer could press on his mic or maybe dispatch could request?
Walker PD has been equipped with GPS in their units for years. Dispatcher can tell where every unit is at any time.
It's my understanding that BRPD is slowly doing this too per a database that I was shown recently. EBRSO as well if they haven't done it already.
Nope, They don’t have the money. BRPD units are equipped with gps. The city was suppose to upgrade in car radios and portable radios but there is no funding for that either.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Didn't a BRPD Officer get busted a few years or so ago when some woman said he was doing something to her around Plank Rd.? And he said he wasn't anywhere close to that and his GPS busted him?
No telling. I’m just a peon so I’m not privy to the details lol
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Every cop knows that for the sake of safety, that would be wonderful. Every cop knows that for the sake of sanity, that would be miserable. What I mean is, there are always those not in cars that would hover over the display asking why two units are next to each other in a parking lot for 20 minutes while not on a call, why two or three units are at the same coffee stop in the early hours, why a unit crossed some line by a few blocks, etc. It's my understanding that Kenner has, or at least used to have, a system like that, and their guys were always being questioned and bitched at about where they were at and why, and why so long, and why so many of them, and so on. I think a passive system would be great, where it could be queried like On-Star or like a cellphone gets "pinged," but something constantly giving your location would lead to lots of aggravation.
.
It's my understanding that BRPD is slowly doing this too per a database that I was shown recently. EBRSO as well if they haven't done it already.
um... as a taxpayer we're spending a lot of money on LEO's. We expect them to work for the money. We want neighborhoods patroled, not just them responding to patrols. Its hard work and long hours. That's why I vote for every increase that comes along. Having them spend an hour out of every shift doing police car 69 is not productive. If they want to chat, drive around, wave the flag, but use your cell phone or radio, not hiding in the back of a parking lot.
On the speed thing, i'm with you... someone told me that New Orleans enforces the redlight cameras for both LEO and ambulance services. That's nuts!
It was in the news when it happened
um... as a taxpayer we're spending a lot of money on LEO's. We expect them to work for the money. We want neighborhoods patroled, not just them responding to patrols. Its hard work and long hours. That's why I vote for every increase that comes along. Having them spend an hour out of every shift doing police car 69 is not productive. If they want to chat, drive around, wave the flag, but use your cell phone or radio, not hiding in the back of a parking lot.
On the speed thing, i'm with you... someone told me that New Orleans enforces the redlight cameras for both LEO and ambulance services. That's nuts!