The Massachusetts State Police spends nearly $70,000 a month on a sophisticated GPS tracking system designed to enhance accountability and public safety. But 25 Investigates discovered a loophole: hundreds of cruisers are equipped with a “kill switch” that allows the tracking to be disabled.
The only use case I can see for the tracker kill switch to be easily accessible to an officer is undercover vehicles being used in an active case. Not unmarked vehicles used by detectives…actual recover vehicles being used by officers on active undercover assignments where the organization they’re handling would be scanning for this type of device.
There is zero reason a patrol car, marked or not, should have this accessible to regular officers.
The only use case I can see for the tracker kill switch to be easily accessible to an officer is undercover vehicles being used in an active case. Not unmarked vehicles used by detectives…actual recover vehicles being used by officers on active undercover assignments where the organization they’re handling would be scanning for this type of device.
There is zero reason a patrol car, marked or not, should have this accessible to regular officers.