Is it legal to break a GPS planted by law enforcement agencies?

Question

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.

Answer 1

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!

Answer 2

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 ************ in a lake, and if anyone asked me about it later the right answer is "WHAT bug?".

Answer 3

pretty much but not a big crime

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=2... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

if u keep it it is even worse

Answer 4

If it was placed there without your knowledge or permission then you are not responsible for what happens to it, plan and simple.