08-28-2010, 05:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-28-2010, 06:06 AM by Rhydderch Hael.)
The argument presented by law enforcement is that the GPS tracker is no different than a stakeout: cops in an unmarked car stationed in visual proximity of the vehicle, then tailling it wherever it went.
The stakeout and tail is an accepted method of investigation that has been around for decades, all without a judge's warrant.
Of course, I'd appreciate having the human aspect of the stakeout and tail rather than having some computer record of a machine's report delivered as evidence. Finding oneself subject to perjury laws is an incentive to tell the truth.
Machines can insulate a potential perjurer from liability. Hard(er) to prosecute a perjurer (aligned with the LEO) who fudged the data if it's hard(er) to prove that he fudged with the machine in the first place, can you?
Imagine a case where the police place a tracker on the car of an accomplice to the accused, rather than the accused's. Or, what if your roommate was in the business and borrowed your car from time to time? GPS satellites can't tell who's driving the car. A cop, sworn under oath before taking the stand, can attest to the identity of the driver.
The stakeout and tail is an accepted method of investigation that has been around for decades, all without a judge's warrant.
Of course, I'd appreciate having the human aspect of the stakeout and tail rather than having some computer record of a machine's report delivered as evidence. Finding oneself subject to perjury laws is an incentive to tell the truth.
Machines can insulate a potential perjurer from liability. Hard(er) to prosecute a perjurer (aligned with the LEO) who fudged the data if it's hard(er) to prove that he fudged with the machine in the first place, can you?
Imagine a case where the police place a tracker on the car of an accomplice to the accused, rather than the accused's. Or, what if your roommate was in the business and borrowed your car from time to time? GPS satellites can't tell who's driving the car. A cop, sworn under oath before taking the stand, can attest to the identity of the driver.
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