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Archive for June 12th, 2009

Cops and GPS: What’s the prob?

4 comments June 12th, 2009

Rockford’s going to install GPS systems in cop cars. Doing so allows the dispatchers to track the cars, know where they are and dispatch the closest ones to wherever they are needed. Makes perfect sense to me.

Apparently not so much to the police union. Police Benevolent and Protective Association President Aurelio DeLaRosa says “… we don’t know if there are any alternative motives” and plans to file a demand to bargain.

Geesh. Doesn’t take a brain surgeon to see what the alternative motives might be: Are you (the cop and car) where the heck you are supposed to be at the time you’re supposed to be there?

If you are, no worries. On the other hand, if you happen to be parked outside your house for a couple hours while you mow the lawn or if you’re in the grocery store parking lot while you run errands, then, yep, there could be a problem. Ya think?