When a five year old boy was kidnapped in Texas, his quick-thinking and technology-savvy dad was able to assist police in locating the boy with the use of an iPad and an iPhone.

The father stopped at a local liquor store and left his son in the 2001 Ford Explorer. Fortunately dad took his iPad with him inside the store. When he left the store, he discovered his car – and his son – were gone.

Using the “Find My iPhone” app on his iPad, he was able to assist police.

A spokesperson for the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office, Lt. Wayne Schultz explained how the father used the iPad in conjunction with the iPhone still in the vehicle to track its whereabouts. Fortunately the man had taken the iPad with him into the store.

The information was passed onto from deputies on the scene to the dispatch office. From there the information was disseminated to troops out in the field almost immediately. This enabled officers to respond almost instantly to the kidnapping and theft.

The vehicle was located and the suspect taken into custody. The boy was evaluated at an area medical facility before being pronounced OK. Even though the story had a happy ending, this is one father who may rethink the idea of leaving his young child in an unattended vehicle.

Earlier this year, GPS was used to thwart two other crimes as well. In South Carolina, a GPS device hidden among building materials that were stolen helped police locate the goods. In Connecticut, the GPS app on a phone helped police locate a pair of robbery suspects. It would seem technology has come a long way in helping stop crime or in solving it once it has occurred.

Around the world civil rights fighters do not necessarily get the same equal treatment they do in America. In the past 5 years there have been dozens of incidents where civil rights protesters were kidnapped or captured by government or rebel groups and that is exactly what the CRD bracelet was designed to prevent.

The bracelets are small, simple, and cheap, and when forcefully removed or manually activated it will automatically report its GPS position back to headquarters. Many activists feel that this type of security device is very important because it is such a small but effective tool to prevent kidnapping and capture. The wristband, called Project Natalia, was created after a 2009 incident where Natalia Estemirova was kidnapped and killed.

Not only are these bracelets expected to be very popular and helpful for civil rights activists around the world; they are also being marketed towards parents wanting to keep their children safe. The same kidnapping protection features apply easily to children that might be at risk and the tracking and detection system would work flawlessly according to many experts. As a whole this simple design is a big breakthrough that could save thousands of lives all around the world by preventing kidnapping and capture of innocent people.

New Mexico Man Rewarded After Saving Girl Source:NYDailyNews

Antonio Diaz Chacon made news headlines this week when he chased down a kidnapper and rescued the girl he had kidnapped. Today Chacon is in the news once again as his good deed is being rewarded by dozens of strangers who didn’t even know him.

According to officials Chacon has received hundreds of emails, phone calls, and letters in the mail asking if they can give him gift cards, cash, and other donations. So many people were so surprised by his brave effort to save the 6 year old girl that they are trying to reach out and reward him for his good deed. Chacon insists that he was simply in the right place at the right time and that he is not really a hero; thousands of parents in the area disagree and claim he is in fact a hero for his actions.

The fact that so many people are willing to reach out and reward Chacon for his actions are showing people that there are still plenty of good people out there. At this time Chacon has not said if he is accepting or even wanting any of the rewards, he has simply said that he was just doing the right thing by chasing down the kidnapper and rescuing the young girl. It is not every day that the general public offers a reward like this to someone so it is quite clear that there are still plenty of good people in the world that are willing to reward someone for their good deeds.