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Those of you interested in tracking your spouse or in tracking a particular item should be very interested in this recent development regarding GPS tracking devices and court evidence.

As you may know, GPS tracking devices are not just used by private citizens, they are also used by law enforcement as well. And for a while there has been much debate about the legal and ethical ramifications of using such devices.  If you have a GPS tracking device in your car and it is used to locate the vehicle after it was stolen, that is one thing. It is another to use evidence from a GPS tracking device in a trial. Some of the questions surrounding GPS tracking devices and law enforcement have dealt with tricky issues like these.

Just last week, the Appelate Division of state Supreme Court in one state found that it was okay for the police to put GPS tracking devices on cars, as long as they are in plain sight. If the GPS tracking device is in plain sight, the information retrieved from it can be used in court. Evidence taken from GPS tracking devices that are hidden or not in plain sight would be inadmissible in court.

GPS tracking can aid in investigative or surveillance activities for criminal and civil cases
If you need to get information on someone’s habits or whereabouts, Rocky Mountain Tracking has several GPS devices you can use for investigative tracking. You can be instantly notified when the subject is within a certain proximity to a predetermined location. Or you can pinpoint the exact location of a person or of an item of interest.