'Undetectable' Satellite Tracking Devices To Break Up Theft Rings At Bike Event
POSTED: Thursday, October 11, 2007
UPDATED: 9:01 am EDT October 16,
2007
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police In Daytona Beach have purchased several state-of-the-art GPS tracking devices to track down sophisticated motorcycle theft rings at this year's Biketoberfest.
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The Web-based devices are top secret, according to police, and can be hidden on random high-end motorcycles at this year's event.Officers will be able to use laptop computers to track the stolen bikes back to the organized crime ring headquarters, Daytona police Chief Mike Chitwood said."We have pretty good intelligence who is coming into town and who is not coming into town," Chitwood said.Unlike bait cars, the devices will not have the ability to shut down motorcycles. However, satellites will be used to constantly monitor the stolen bikes and where they are going."(The stolen bikes) have to go somewhere and with this GPS technology, it will take us to where it has to go."Chitwood said it was the recent success of bait cars in Daytona Beach that inspired him to purchase the new tracking technology.He said the devices are so small that they are undetectable by thieves."They are small, little devices and unless you know it is there, you would never know it," Chitwood said.Police said 34 motorcycles were stolen from Biketoberfest in 2005 and 13 high-priced bikes were stolen last year. Biketoberfest 2007 begins in Daytona Beach on Oct. 18.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Bike Images MOST POPULAR: Best Tattoos (Women, Men) The Web-based devices are top secret, according to police, and can be hidden on random high-end motorcycles at this year's event.Officers will be able to use laptop computers to track the stolen bikes back to the organized crime ring headquarters, Daytona police Chief Mike Chitwood said."We have pretty good intelligence who is coming into town and who is not coming into town," Chitwood said.Unlike bait cars, the devices will not have the ability to shut down motorcycles. However, satellites will be used to constantly monitor the stolen bikes and where they are going."(The stolen bikes) have to go somewhere and with this GPS technology, it will take us to where it has to go."Chitwood said it was the recent success of bait cars in Daytona Beach that inspired him to purchase the new tracking technology.He said the devices are so small that they are undetectable by thieves."They are small, little devices and unless you know it is there, you would never know it," Chitwood said.Police said 34 motorcycles were stolen from Biketoberfest in 2005 and 13 high-priced bikes were stolen last year. Biketoberfest 2007 begins in Daytona Beach on Oct. 18.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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