11-07-2004, 09:00 AM
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Mobile Phone GPS Tracking Nails Juvenile Prank Caller
"Maury County E-911 dispatchers watched in fascination as their global positioning satellite system tracked a series of false calls Thursday afternoon � to a 14-year-old student on a school bus. ''When we saw a pattern to the calls, we started watching where they were being made from,'' said E-911 Director Freddie Rich. ''We could see the route the vehicle was taking, and we heard kids laughing in the background, so I called the school transportation department and asked if they had a bus near Theta Pike and Highway 43..."
Not the most productive, life-saving use of this technology, but hey, you have to start somewhere. :lol:
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