GPS Enabled Prescription Pills for Catching Thieves
- 11 years ago
Tracking devices are being placed in OxyContin bottles.
In recent years, prescription drugs have been among the favorite targets for thieves.
Police offices in New York City have devised a radical approach to catch criminals who steal Oxycontin.
Pharmacies in the city are being sent “bait bottles” which are fitted with GPS tracking devices. A police official states “In the event of a robbery or theft, we'll be able to track the bottle, which may lead us to stash locations across the city.”
The new scheme is part of a program called “Operation Safety Cap” in which police are checking pharmacies to recommend different and new security measures to prevent prescription thefts.
Cops are all-too-aware of pharmacy robberies. Last year, a retired NYPD lieutenant shot a gun-yielding man who had just robbed a pharmacy in East Harlem.
The 24-year-old suspect had stolen cash, Oxycontin and Percocet painkillers and he was declared dead following the shooting. He was suspected of several other violent pharmacy robberies in the surrounding areas.
In recent years, prescription drugs have been among the favorite targets for thieves.
Police offices in New York City have devised a radical approach to catch criminals who steal Oxycontin.
Pharmacies in the city are being sent “bait bottles” which are fitted with GPS tracking devices. A police official states “In the event of a robbery or theft, we'll be able to track the bottle, which may lead us to stash locations across the city.”
The new scheme is part of a program called “Operation Safety Cap” in which police are checking pharmacies to recommend different and new security measures to prevent prescription thefts.
Cops are all-too-aware of pharmacy robberies. Last year, a retired NYPD lieutenant shot a gun-yielding man who had just robbed a pharmacy in East Harlem.
The 24-year-old suspect had stolen cash, Oxycontin and Percocet painkillers and he was declared dead following the shooting. He was suspected of several other violent pharmacy robberies in the surrounding areas.