Is it legal to break a GPS planted by law enforcement agencies?
Just like the headline asks. I was wondering if police or another law enforcement agency place a GPS on say your vehicle.
As in this cnn article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/gps.tracking/index.html
If you found it, would it be legal to disable it and keep/throw it away?
I guess this question goes for any monitoring device placed on your property.
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Comment #1066
That depends.
Was there a court order that allowed the placement of the GPS bug to begin with? If not, assuming you don’t buy the bush Administration’s interpretation of the Forth Amendment, the bug itself is of questionable legality.
In any event, with or without a warrant… if I found such a bug, I’d toss the motherfucker in a lake, and if anyone asked me about it later the right answer is "WHAT bug?".
Comment #1067
pretty much but not a big crime
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20080818150918AANkPQ4&cp=2 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080818152908AAWiwZv
if u keep it it is even worse
Comment #1068
No. Big Government tyrants like this have no, absolutely NO right to do that. It is against everything that America stands for. The constitution says NO!
Comment #1069
If it was placed there without your knowledge or permission then you are not responsible for what happens to it, plan and simple.