Now, take the information that is being gather from one person, as they go about their day. They’re inside buildings; big buildings, small buildings, wooden buildings, buildings made of cement, buildings made of metal, tall buildings, short buildings. Those buildings may have thousands of computers, or none. They may be outside buildings, in elevators, basements, cars, buses. Cars and buses now have their own GPS systems, and computers with many signals.

Guy wearing ankle monitor is constantly moving, shifting through all of that noise. His “transmitter” is supposed to send a signal to a satellite, that is then sent to a “receiver” that some nameless gorm is doing a daily on once an hour for barely above minimum wage. Guy’s transmitter isn’t that powerful to have his “signal” cut right straight through all the other stuff that’s going on. He’d have to wear an anklet the size of a Fridg-a-daire to accomplish that. So, his little bleat of a signal gets lost. Plus, as his signal bounces off the satellite, it has farther to travel, thus a greater chance for packets of information to be lost.

This is a no-brainer. They should hire me to tell them to scotch the whole thing. You’re welcome, Sentinel!