i worked for a local LE department and wrote a mapping application that showed the location of police vehicles on a map.
I was all excited that it would help ID the closest vehicle to a call and speed response times...
The officers hated it and tried to defeat its use at every opportunity (disconnecting trans,itters, etc)
I was completely floored since I thought it was goign to help officer safety and community respose
The reason: they didnt want it to be known where they were traveling all day. I found way too many loafing off using this software, spending hours at their homes, or at girlfriends, or going from donut shop to donut shop all day long
they finally discontinued its use- I was extremely dissapointed
anyone who drives a vehicle who is in a union...the unions ALWAYS fight GPS tracking. Probably for the same reason.
All officers should have their GPS locations available to dispatch at ALL times.
Each should wear a recording device that keeps a video/audio record of each entire shift. The device should be encrypted and only the order of a judge could decrypt it. If any arrest is made where the camera is mysteriously non-functional then it should not a legitimate arrest. Such devices can be easily built. Fisheye lenses, front and back, for 360 degree records. Software can easily correct the fisheye effect for courtroom presentation.