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Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices
« on: December 11, 2016, 12:44:55 pm »
 Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices
Posted By Ali Meyer On December 11, 2016 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments

A bill meant to help those with developmental disabilities would allow government agencies to locate people with tracking devices, which has some concerned the measure gives the federal government too much authority and power.

In 2008, Kevin Curtis Wills, a 9-year-old boy with autism, jumped into a river near a park and drowned. In 2014, a 14-year-old boy with autism, Avonte Oquendo, left his school and drowned in a river.

Rep. Chris Smith (R., N.J.), who chairs the Congressional Autism Caucus and the Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force, introduced a bill called Kevin and Avonte’s Law, otherwise known as H.R. 4919, in an attempt to prevent these types of accidents from happening.



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Re: Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2016, 01:09:23 pm »
How would a tracking device prevent drowning?  At most it simply makes the body easier to find afterward. 
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Re: Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2016, 05:10:00 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on December 11, 2016, 01:09:23 pm
How would a tracking device prevent drowning?  At most it simply makes the body easier to find afterward.

Software could define "Danger Zones" that allow a response before the death occurs.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2016, 05:25:02 pm »
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Re: Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2016, 06:11:52 pm »
How is this a federal issue?
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