Satellite Technology Feature Article
December 04, 2008
Baby Jesus Thefts Thwarted Via LightningGPS
By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor
“Jesus, what would you do?”
Each Christmas season, according to LightningGPS officials, “hundreds of religious organizations are targeted by vandals and pranksters who steal or deface” outdoor decorations such as baby Jesus, Santa and menorahs.
“Some are taken as trophies, most are lost forever,” company officials lament, adding grimly “the financial and emotional cost to the congregation includes the cost of replacement and the pain of explaining the event to small children.”
LightningGPS, a vendor of GPS Tracking Devices, which has historically lent GPS Trackers to churches, schools and towns, is offering the free Christmas rental publicly to schools and churches across the country through their distribution partnership with BrickHouse Security.
A GPS Tracking Device can track objects virtually anywhere in the world and is small enough to covertly fit inside most everyday objects.
But with GPS tracking, an individual or the police can go online and track the item on a map anywhere it goes, and boy, won’t those criminals be surprised.
The theft or destruction of Nativity scenes “is a rising problem,” says Todd Morris, CEO of BrickHouse Security. “Every year we hear how the sanctity and harmony of the holiday season was ruined by a few Scrooges.” First Coffee wasn’t aware that Ebenezer Scrooge made a habit of nicking Jesuses on the way home from Scrooge & Marley, we need to reread that this year.
BrickHouse Security, a distributor of LightningGPS products, is also offering custom hidden cameras in an effort to catch thieves this holiday season.
Any church or school looking to sign-up for a free GPS Tracking device to use through the holiday season at no charge, go to www.lightninggps.com/free-gps-tracking.html.
David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David's articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.
Edited by Jessica Kostek
