The government of West Australia has announced plans to follow Queensland in attaching GPS tracking devices to its sex offenders. Under this plan, sex offenders would be released into the community with anklets or bracelets equipped with GPS tracking technology. The tracking devices will monitor the individual’s movements, and can send alerts when leaving or
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The recent storms in Norman, Oklahoma revealed some holes in the Norman School District emergency preparedness policies. On April 13, 2012, a tornado touched down near a local middle school shortly after students were dismissed for the day. Thankfully, no one was injured, but communication during and after the event was very stressful and unorganized.
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Last year, Charlotte County launched an investigation into exactly how accurate their employee’s self-reporting was with disturbing results. The investigation was in response to a county employee’s arrest in June of 2011. Stephen Archer, a mosquito sprayer for the county was pulled over in Sarasota County, more than 45 miles from Charlotte, for speeding in
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Ensuring safety of the vaccinations we give to our children and loved ones is important. Some of these vaccinations require storage in a controlled environment, and to help achieve this goal during transport, Intelleflex has introduced a new GPS RFID reader and database in the cloud to monitor temperatures during each step of the transportation
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Summer is almost here, and millions across the US are likely preparing their RV’s for another season of exploration. For those with a Rand McNally TripMaker RVND GPS navigation device, there’s good news: North America’s most trusted source of campground information, Woodall’s campground directory, is now included on the device. Woodall’s is part of the
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Are you a fitness enthusiast? Whether you wish to compete in the Tour de France or not, you have a limited amount of time to own the official training GPS device of the 2012 Tour de France. The Polar RCX5 Tour de France G5 GPS tracking watch will be released this month, but will only
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Canvas, a company dedicated to providing mobile app solutions for businesses and organizations, recently launched the Public Safety App Store. The apps available at the Public Safety App Store were designed to make reporting suspicious incidents to authorities easier than ever. Smartphones and Tablet PCs provide a wealth of information and data collecting capabilities at
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GPS tracking devices are continuously improving. It was only a few years ago that the best commercially available tracking device was nearly as big as a snow globe, with accuracy discrepancies the size of a football field. Since then, the devices have become smaller, more accurate, and more affordable than ever. It wont be long
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Does ITT Exelis sound familiar to you? You may have never heard of them, but they’ve been a part of GPS technology for forty years. A satellite company called ITT Exelis participated in the evolution of GPS nearly from day one. Now, the company is preparing to build part of the satellites to be used
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You love fishing. You go to a lake with some friends, walk in the ice until you find a nice spot. After a few hours, without warning, the ice breaks. You and your friends are adrift, slowly moving away from the shore, and you don’t even know it. In this situation, every minute counts. You
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