Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I don't know which staggers or unfuriates me more - the fact that PDs are doing this without a warrant, or stupid judges are buying the 'it's just like following them' story and admitting the traces as evidence! Idiots!
I'd like to send these judges to a re-education camp where they can spend 18 hour stretches memorizing the US Constitution.
Are there any GPS 'detectors' out there - a device you can wave around your car to check for the presence of tracking antennas?
Adding insult to injury, if you detect the GPS device installed by the police and throw it away, you can be charged with theft of police property:
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/ho...ng-Center-fire
Originally Posted by article
Police obtained a search warrant to place a GPS tracking device on Couture's car. When Couture discovered the device, he removed it and threw it away, Quinlan said. In April, Couture was charged with larceny over $250 for throwing the GPS away.
At least in this case they got a warrant, and of course this kid is a real moron who deserves several years in the slammer for destroying several businesses with his arson prank. But if the police install and essentially abandon a device on your car, you discover it, and you decide to dispose of it, I fail to see how that constitutes theft.