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To: John Biddle who wrote (30951)	1/9/2003 6:09:38 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197701

Police offering GPS devices to catch stalkers Yomiuri Shimbun yomiuri.co.jp Chiba prefectural police have started lending stalker victims portable global positioning system (GPS) transceivers free of charge in cooperation with a security firm. The devices, provided by Secom Co., function as a sort of panic button, allowing users to inform the police of their location almost instantly if approached by a stalker. The police expect the devices to help them catch stalkers red-handed. GPS locating devices are already used to locate elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia who tend to wander and lose their way, stray children and stolen vehicles. The efforts of the Chiba prefectural police mark the first time Secom has used the devices to protect people from stalkers. By pushing an emergency button on the pocket-sized device, the victim sends a signal to cellphone base stations. The signal is received at Secom's operations center, where staff members immediately inform the communications command division of the prefectural police. At the same time, the GPS satellite determines the location of transceiver to within 10 meters and sends the information to the general affairs division of the prefectural police's community safety department. The information is transmitted to police in a matter of seconds, allowing officers to be directed to the scene by radio. Police have already borrowed 10 of the devices from the security company and lent three of them to people plagued by stalkers.