Category: GPS

Coalition Promises $20 Million in GPS Tracking for Domestic Violence Offenders

The Coalition has invested $150 million (US$110 million) in a range of measures to prevent domestic and sexual violence, including a $20 million fund for electronic monitoring of high-risk family violence perpetrators. The package includes $54.6 million to keep up to 30,000 victim-survivors safe in their homes through security assessments, as well as $26.6 million for online safety…


NC Plans to Give $27 Million for GPS Surveillance to Disrupt Domestic Violence

By Dan Kane From The News & Observer RALEIGH, N.C.—When lawmakers last year wanted the North Carolina state court system to fund a $3.5 million project using tracking technology to prevent domestic violence attacks, court officials balked, saying they lacked the expertise. Lawmakers approved the pilot project, run by a Greenville-based nonprofit, assigning funding to…


‘At the End of the Journey’

John Ringo’s “Black Tide Rising” series presents a world devastated by a bio-engineered viral plague. The plague destroys upper brain functions turning the infected into mindless cannibals, effectively zombies. It’s highly contagious. It’s contracted through blood-to-blood contact with the infected—usually as they attack those not infected, to eat them. The series focuses on how survivors…


Designed to Rival GPS, The CCP’s BeiDou Has Been Exported to Over 120 Countries and Regions

The sales volume of ‘Made in China’ BeiDou chips has exceeded 100 million and related products have been exported to more than 120 countries and regions, according to China’s official report, which also said BeiDou’s role in countering U.S. rival GPS, as well as its significance for China’s national defense strategy, is “beyond description.” According…


UK to Fit Thieves and Burglars With GPS Tags to Cut Reoffending

Burglars, thieves, and robbers will be made to wear GPS tags on release from prison under new rules intended to reduce reoffending, the UK Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday. Those who have served a prison sentence of a year or more for theft and robbery will be automatically fitted with a tag on release,…