Nevada Legislature: GPS tracking of parolees approved by Senate

The Nevada Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved SB37 allowing the use of Global Positioning System devices to track parolees, probationers and other offenders under state supervision.Testimony in committee indicated GPS technology was several technological leaps ahead of the current ankle bracelets. The current tracking devices can only tell when a parolee is within a certain distance of his or her home.Lawmak