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Canadian City Plans to Track Offenders With Technology That Doesn’t Even Exist

Written byJordan Pearson Staff Writer (Canada} Law enforcement agencies across North America have implemented intrusive practices with questionable effectiveness in the name of curbing crime: stop and frisk, “carding,” and, some would argue, bulk metadata surveillance. On Thursday, the tiny Canadian city of Williams Lake in British Columbia may have just beat them all with a shitty idea of awe-inspiring proportions: the city unanimously passed a motion to implant GPS tracking devices into so-called “high profile offenders” after their release from jail, so law enforcement can be aware of their activities at all times. Councillor Scott Nelson, who put the… View Article