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By Greg Bartlett

Terrorism still has its hold in places throughout the world – but people desiring justice and freedom to prevail are fighting back. In 2008 alone, Maoist terrorists in India murdered 74 law enforcement officials and 22 civilians. A computer expert in India has proposed a plan – using GPS technology – that would enable the law enforcement of India to protect their personnel knowledgeably.

The United States developed its Global Position System (GPS) during World War II and has made access to this radio navigation system available to the public since the 1980’s. Satellites in this only fully-functional global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communicate with GPS receivers to record the navigational coordinates of the GPS receivers at any given time. This technology has been used by many different professionals in many different fields, including medicine, military, agriculture, transportation, law enforcement, and sports. By implementing this system among their personnel, the Indian police may be able to save many lives.

The above-mentioned computer expert in India has proposed the use of GPS tracking in locating an Indian law enforcement agent at any given time. Should a police officer be kidnapped by terrorists, such as the Maoist terrorists, using this system the Indian police officials could locate their kidnapped personnel and work quicker and more accurately than ever before to recover their officer. By attaching a GPS tracking device to each of their police officers, Indian officials could carefully monitor their law enforcement officers and help ensure their safety.