Albany, NY – Court: Police Don’t Need a Warrant to Place Tracking Devices

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    Albany, NY – A state appeals court says police don’t need a warrant before placing GPS tracking devices on the vehicles of potential suspects.

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    In a 4-1 ruling, the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court declared it constitutional to place the devices on vehicles as long as they’re in public view.

    The court said it would have been inadmissible only if the police put a device that was inside the vehicle or hidden somewhere on the car.


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    anon.
    anon.
    15 years ago

    What would be the point of putting it in open view if the syspect ca see it and remove it. Sounds like a whacky law.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    The point is to protect your own privacy rights.

    This is a free country you can do whatever u want nobody suppose to follow u without your knowledge

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    If this were a ruling upon those under house arrest to allow them to travel around, I would understand it.

    But a potential suspect – that’s EVERYONE in their eyes – and without any restriction or forewarning.

    Is it a GIFT of a GPS to the potential suspect? And they are free to throw it out, or give it to someone else, such as to put onto a police chief’s car?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    2:47 I would love to stick the GPS on the cheif’s car but I’m afraid that I’ll be billed the the tracker.