Where’s Your Stuff?
GPS Tracking Devices Law Enforcement NewsPublished December 24, 2009 at 6:40 am No CommentsBy Greg Bartlett
Your house contains a variety of objects, some with sentimental value, and some very expensive or hard to replace. Last week your neighbors, who were gone on vacation, discovered when they got back that their house had been burglarized. You’re planning on traveling for the holidays soon, but you don’t want to be the next victim of a burglary.
GPS & Burglaries
Thankfully, you don’t have to be. If you use GPS tracking devices on your possessions, you can help protect them against theft. If used on possessions, GPS tracking units can help ensure that you are notified and able to recover anything which is stolen.
For instance, one man placed GPS tracking devices on his furniture. He had alerts set up to let him know if it was moved, and one day he received an alert and called the police. The burglars, who were attempting to steal his furniture, were almost immediately caught and the furniture safely returned.
Another man used a GPS device on his boat, which he kept at his vacation home in Florida. While at home in another state, he received an alert that his boat had been moved. He was able to call Florida police and get them to stop the theft of his boat without even being in Florida.
Just this past week in Texas, a man was arrested for stealing appliances. For a while now, he’d been breaking into newly built homes and taking microwaves, ovens, and similar appliances. One homebuilder, however, placed GPS tracking units in some of the appliances. When an oven was stolen, police were able to follow it straight to the suspect, arrest him, and recover the oven and other stolen appliances.
If you use GPS tracking devices, you can ensure that if any of your possessions are moved or leave designated boundaries, perhaps your house or yard, then you’ll receive an email, phone, or text message alert immediately. You can then call the police while still monitoring the location of your stolen possessions. GPS tracking devices won’t stop someone from burglarizing your home while you’re gone for the holidays, but they can still give you peace of mind.
If someone comes into your house for their own holiday shopping – without, of course, paying you – it will take just a couple phone calls to get police to stop them and change the burglars’ holiday plans, and you’ll help ensure that your possessions are returned to their rightful owner – you.
