Worried parents meet police after abduction attempts

Police in Crawley invited worried parents to their HQ in the town to discuss their concerns after two child abduction attempts were reported. In the first incident, a girl aged thirteen was targeted by a man and a woman as she walked near a school.  The second abduction attempt took place when an 11-year-old boy was told to get into a car by two strangers on his way to a local Youth Club. Both children were fortunately able to run away. According to the Crawley Neighbourhood policing Team: "We held a very positive meeting with parents and we all had a frank and open discussion about these incidents.  We take reports of this nature very seriously and clearly emotions are running high among parents and children alike.  We are working very closely with local schools and communities to provide the best service we possibly can and to ensure there are clear lines of communication so that any future concerns are addressed quickly and efficiently." A further meeting is planned for 26th October 2010 as reported in Sussex news The issue of Child GPS tracking by parents for Kids in School was discussed in a recent article at childtracking.org.

New microphone technology can pinpoint a single voice from a large crowd

Audioscope is a new system from Squarehead that utilises a large number of microphones housed in a carbon-fiber disk above, say, a sports stadium. A wide-angle camera looks down on the scene from the center of this disk. The operator can then pinpoint a spot in the stadium and the system works out how far that spot is from each of the microphones, corrects for the delay and then synchronizes the audio from all of them simultaneously. Audio from all microphones is stored in separate channels, so you can even go back and listen in on any sounds later. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this technology could be combined with other technologies for covert surveillance at public gatherings.  Authorities could eavesdrop on conversations taking place within the crowd. How long will it be before GPS surveillance satellites can pinpoint individual conversations taking place in the streets? Original report on Wired

Why was October Walk to School Month so unsuccessful?

October was a worldwide "Walk to School Month".  I mention this because you would not have noticed this in our area, with the amount of cars jostling for position outside our local primary school.  Though it has to be said that this is not particularly surprising.  It is known that parents will not let their children walk to school mainly because of fears of crime and traffic. A recent VicHealth survey of 1,500 people showed that 63% of parents believed that primary school aged children shouldn't move around their neighbourhoods without adult supervision.  It found that 43% of parents with children under the age of eighteen believed there was a high risk a child would be abducted by a stranger if allowed to walk around their neighbourhood alone. 62% believed there was too much traffic on the roads. While nobody would argue that traffic levels are a concern, it is ironic that traffic levels are noticeably at their highest during school term-time.  The parents themselves are often the cause of some of the highest congestion. Todd Harper, the VicHealth chief executive, said "The real risk of child abduction is extremely low, yet many parents believe there is a high risk" The percieved risk has seen a rise in the number of parents investigating child gps tracking devices.  Could more widespread use of child GPS tracking by parents for kids in school help allay the fears of parents and reduce the number of cars on our roads?

FBI using tracking device to track student

If you thought that GPS Surveillance would not be used by the State in the "free" world, then this news may make you think again.  Earlier this month a student discovered a tracking device attached to his car and his friend posted pictures of it online.  Within a couple of days he received a visit from half-a-dozen FBI agents and police officers demanding that he should return the device.  Comments made by the agents suggested that he had been under surveillance for three to six months! This comes in the wake of a recent ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying it’s legal for law enforcement to secretly place a tracking device on a suspect's car without getting a warrant, even if the car is parked in a private driveway. On the face of it, the reasons for tracking this student look pretty flimsy. The encounter with the FBI ended with the agents telling him not to worry. “We have all the information we needed,” they told him. “You don’t need to call your lawyer. Don’t worry, you’re boring. “ Original Report on Wired

Aunt of missing child describes her feelings

Sheer terror is what Nancy Jimenez says she was feeling once she realized her four year old niece Catarina was missing from her bed.  Catarina was spending the night at her aunt's for the very first time.  "My husband was sleeping, so he's all like "she's sleeping". He never thought she was going to get up in the middle of the night and walk off."  Deputies say, that's exactly what she did. Good samaritans found Catarina around 2 a.m and called police. Today Jimenez is counting her blessings.  "Time is of the essence, especially down here in Florida because this child happened to be in the roadway, there is so much water, there are so many things that could have happened."  Scary statistics tonight. When a child is abducted 44 percent die within the first hour. After three hours, that number jumps to 76 percent and after a full day, a startling 88 percent.  Jimenez knows she got lucky.  "I'm so grateful, I'm so grateful." Original Story from wink news More information about child gps tracking

Free Workshop - Child Tracking with GPS

If you live in or near PHOENIXVILLE PA you may be interested in attending a free workshop intended to help parents track their young children using the child gps tracking technology, will be held Oct. 28 (2010; Thursday) beginning at 7 p.m. in the Phoenixville Public Library, 183 Second Ave., Phoenixville PA. "Such services are available from cell phone carriers without the need for additional equipment. Parents can track their kids between school and home, and verify their whereabouts at the home of a friend." Further information and contact details can be found in The Limerick Post If you are unable to attend, then you may be interested in reading about new software that is available to turn any smart phone into a gps tracking locator device.

How to discretely spy on your teenager

Are you worried about your teenage children?  No idea about where they go, what they do, and who they associate with?  Maybe they are associating with a bad crowd, or maybe they are being abused by others.  Nowadays, abuse can take many forms, including bullying by text message and email.  Unsolicited inappropriate images may be sent by an abuser.  How can you know about this if your child is unwilling or unable to tell you? Sometimes parents can feel powerless to act when they suspect that their son or daughter may be heading for trouble.  In their heart they know that something is wrong, but have no way to confirm their suspicions. Using a dedicated spy gps tracking locator device is all well and good for keeping younger children safe.  They would also help with older children - as long as they agree to carry and use the device.  However, if the adolescent child is hiding something from their parents it is highly unlikely that they would agree to carry such a device.  Well now they don't have to!  It is likely they are carrying such a device already in the shape of the latest smart phones. All that is needed to turn the cell phone into a tracking device is some software that can operate stealthily to capture GPS location information and a whole lot more.  Such software can report on text messages (SMS) sent and received; cell phone numbers of calls made and received; web sites visited; emails; and more! Once installed on the mobile cell phone, the software is unobtrusive and doesn't appear in process listings, so the user is unaware that it is running.  You can then check on where it is and what is happening by logging in to a remote system on the internet. So what do you think? Is it a good idea to use this type of software? You can find out more information about this and other aspects of child tracking technology at childtracking.org