SMS service alerts parents if Child nears Predator home

Joe Dawson, who'se 11-year-old daughter Jessica was kidnapped and murdered last year, is teaming up with a California-based technology firm to introduce the first cell phone that uses GPS to alert parents when a child is walking near a sexual predator's home, called "Child Predator Zone Alert by SMS".

"CATS Communication Inc. allows parents to build a "geofence" around every listed child predator that lives within their ZIP code. The phone alerts parents through an e-mail, text message or pager if their child enters that zone, said the company's vice president, Jon Kudla.

Linked with the Family Watchdog's national database of registered sex offenders, the phone will update with new zones every time a new name is added to the database."

emily | 4:33 PM | Localisation |
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