Device allows parents to keep track of kids

Amber Alert GPS helps parents, children

Author: Sasha Andrade, Local 10 Reporter, sandrade@local10.com
Published On: Nov 17 2011 10:20:46 AM EST

Device allows parents to keep track of kids

MIAMI -

A GPS device that can be attached to a child's belt allows parents to keep tabs on their children and even listen in to what's happening around them. 

"It only takes literally two seconds to take a person," said Drew Kesse.  

He knows because it happened to his daughter.  

"I'm the father of Jennifer Kesse, who five years, nine months and a week ago now, Jennifer was abducted from her home in Orlando," he said. 

Every minute that passes is filled with pain and unanswered questions.  He wonders who took her and where she is today. 

"After 1,400 leads, we cant even stand at her front door and say left, right, up or down," said Kesse.  

Kesse can't help but wonder, "What if?" 

"I wish that Amber Alert GPS system around six years ago. She probably would've had one," said Kesse. 

He is referring to a tiny device created by Amber Alert for children.  

"We specifically designed it to look like a toy," said Joseph Stith with Amber Alert.  

Parents can hook it to their child's belt loop, and they can follow its every move through a cellphone application. 

"It's tracking every five minutes," said Stith. 

There is a panic button for children and a way for parents to call the tracker and listen in. Most would consider it a precaution, but after what he's been through, Drew Kesse described the device as a lifeline he wishes he had.  

"We do it to our pets, we do it to our cars, we do it to our homes, but we don't do it to the most important people," said Kesse. 

For information on the Amber Alert GPS, click here.

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