Court: Cops can track your car with GPS even if you aren't a suspect

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MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody's movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

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As the law currently stands, the court said police can mount GPS on cars to track people without violating their constitutional rights -- even if the drivers aren't suspects.

Officers do not need to get warrants beforehand because GPS tracking does not involve a search or a seizure, Judge Paul Lundsten wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel based in Madison.

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Larry Dupuis, legal director of the ACLU of Wisconsin, said using GPS to track someone's car goes beyond observing them in public and should require a warrant.

"The idea that you can go and attach anything you want to somebody else's property without any court supervision, that's wrong," he said. "Without a warrant, they can do this on anybody they want."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-...0,5890193.story

Edited May 10, 2009 by Randomizer

[pedroh 21]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

[natty bumppo 297]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

don't forget to perform destructive tests on the device to determine it's crush point.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

don't forget to perform destructive tests on the device to determine it's crush point.

That might get you booked for destruction of public property

[Kathryn41 3,205]

well, you could always claim that you had no idea of its source - ie public property - and thought it was something pranksters had placed on your vehicle. Or - you could always say it must have been lost in the car wash . . . they do say to remove antennas before washing

[mawilson 2,133]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

Or attach it to the nearest police car

[john & jean 37]

mmm take it to the nearest truck stop and attach it to a long haul truck.... that will keep um busy!!!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

Or attach it to the nearest police car

Good idea.

[natty bumppo 297]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

Or attach it to the nearest police car

Good idea.

Dump it into the sewer?

Edited May 10, 2009 by Natty Bumppo

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

Or attach it to the nearest police car

really mess with their minds - attach it to the car the police chief's wife drives.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

mhh so if u can find it, can you remove it too?

Or attach it to the nearest police car

Perhaps, that neighbor down the street you really don't like.

mmm take it to the nearest truck stop and attach it to a long haul truck.... that will keep um busy!!!!

Better idea! Especially if it has Canadian or Mexican plates.