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This is the best story of the holiday season.  One outfit, Lightning GPS and their distributor, Brickhouse Security, are offering churches free GPS tracking devices for use during the holiday season when they have valuable nativity scenes placed outside their buildings.  For some, the temptation to boost (steal) these figures is too great and many congregations are left to mourn the financial and emotional loss.

But not now.  Lightning GPS will guide police, much like the North Star guided wise men across a desert (sorry, couldn’t resist) to their figures.  While the tech isn’t new - we’ve seen commercial devices track down motorcycles and boats - giving them away as a way to help churches and garner some free publicity is new.

A GPS Tracking Device can track objects virtually anywhere in the world and is small enough to covertly fit inside most everyday objects. If that object is moved or tampered with, a silent alarm is triggered, alerting the owner that the object is on-the-move.  At the same time, an individual or police can go online and instantly track the item on a map anywhere it goes.

Putting the churches on the offensive is an interesting move.  I imagine there is very little street cred in responding to the, “What are you in for?” question in jail with, “I stole baby Jesus.”  You’ve been warned.

Press release: [pr web] company site: [Lightening GPS]