NSW Cops’ Guns, Radios May Be Fitted With GPS Trackers Following Alleged Murder by Officer

GPS trackers are already installed inside police-issued radios, but are not currently operational due to objections by the police union.

Police gather at the crime scene after a man stabbed a woman and attempted to stab others in central Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 13, 2019. SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images

New South Wales (NSW) police officers are calling on senior ranks and the Police Association of NSW to agree to approve the GPS tracking of officers in the wake of the alleged murder of a young couple by a serving officer.

Television presenter Jesse Baird and his flight-attendant boyfriend Luke Davies were allegedly murdered by NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon. Their bodies were found inside surfboard bags at a rural property in Bungonia, near Goulburn, about 200 kilometres southwest of Sydney, on Feb. 27.