Satellites will track 5,000 of the worst criminals in Britain

[hightime]

Satellite technology will be used to track 5,000 career criminals who are responsible for one in every 10 crimes in Britain, the Home Secretary David Blunkett will announce tomorrow.

The radical new technology, which has been developed in the US, will enable law enforcement officers to pinpoint the exact location of criminals who have been released early from prison and fitted with electronic tags.

It will feature among a series of measures in a five-year plan to tackle burgeoning violent crime and antisocial behaviour. Home Office figures released next week will show police forces recording rises as high as 25 per cent.

A Home Office source said: "We are the largest users of tagging outside the US and we will continue to do this. We will introduce satellite tracing for prolific offenders as well as for domestic violence and sex offenders."

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=542144

[oscar111]

1. iraq-we should use it there

we should use these ankle bracelets in iraq for everyone, till things calm down.

Did we use national ID cards there? We need to do more to protect our troops.

[GeronimoSkull]

2. forget Iraq, we should use it here

Criminals, kids, political dissidents, etc.

[oscar111]

3. stray pets,too {oscar jokes}

Ok, good points.

but i was only suggesting iraq, while our troops are getting hit.
What do you suggest for iraq?

[GeronimoSkull]

4. What I suggest for Iraq

I suggest getting the hell out of there.

[rooboy]

5. An even better idea...

we could different types of tags - to track muslims, jews, liberals, conservatives, and even members of individual churches. Then when someone from one of those groups does something bad, we can just round up the friggin' lot of them and shoot 'em!!!

Cool!!!!!!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. The first publicly released satellite image:

[wordout]

7. using "Satellite technology" "developed in the US.."

because "..the public and police are reporting a worrying rise in assault, harassment and alcohol-fuelled thuggery."

We have the same problem here in the White House! Time for king george to 'Get Chipped!' ® He steps out of line, use Star Wars to laserblast his ass.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi wordout!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[daleo]

9. Blair needs one of these on himself

The same for the rest of the warmongers and war criminals.