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NYPD to Introduce ‘Bait Bottles’ With GPS Trackers to Combat Theft of Prescription Meds

Jan. 15, 2013 11:46am Liz Klimas

NYPD Announces Plan to Have Pharmacies Stock Fake Prescription Bottles With GPS Trackers

The NYPD is going to ask some pharmacies to carry bottles of fake prescription drugs with GPS devices in them in an effort to track thefts. (Image: Shutterstock.com)

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Just a few days after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced new guidelines for emergency rooms to limit painkiller prescriptions in an effort to curb narcotics abuse, the NYPD have unveiled a plan to combat the theft of painkillers and other highly addictive prescription medicines. The initiative will ask pharmacies around the city to hide fake pill bottles fitted with GPS devices amid the legitimate supplies.

The NYPD believes the so-called “bait bottles” could help investigators track stolen drugs and locate suspects.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is expected to unveil the plan Tuesday at a La Quinta, Calif., conference on health issues hosted by former President Bill Clinton’s foundation.

In prepared remarks provided in advance of his appearance, Kelly says the initiative was prompted by a spate of high-profile crimes associated with the thriving black market for prescription drugs, including the slaying of four people on Long Island during a pharmacy holdup in 2011. He also cites the case of a retired NYPD officer who, after retiring with an injury and getting hooked on painkillers, began robbing drug stores at gunpoint.

Prescription drug abuse “can serve as a gateway to criminal activities, especially among young people,” the commissioner says. “When pills become too expensive, addicts are known to resort to cheaper drugs such as heroin and cocaine. They turn to crime to support their habit.”

The NYPD has begun creating a database of the roughly 6,000 pharmacies in the New York City area with plans to have officers visit them and recommend security measures like better alarm systems and lighting of storage areas. Kelly says it also will ask them to stock the GPS bottles containing fake oxycodone.

“In the event of a robbery or theft, we’ll be able to track the bottle, which may lead us to stash locations across the city,” he says.

There have been similar attempts to track prescription drugs on a limited basis but the NUYPD claims this would be the first widespread effort.

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FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:48pm
Could work, just as long as you don’t tell everyone about it. Ah, too late.

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- starman70
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 8:08pm
  I hope they have more success than the ATF did in the Fast and Furious debacle.
  
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- FieldJudge
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:45pm
  Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly “also cites the case of a retired NYPD officer who, after retiring with an injury and getting hooked on painkillers, began robbing drug stores at gunpoint.”
  
  #1. Didn’t this retired cop know using a gun to rob people was not very nice or legal?
  #2. NYPD should be the first of hundreds of law enforcement agencies to promote a new program that tracka all retired cops by awarding them a really attractive, must carry, discount card with an RFID chip and biometric protections for possible misuse. Card is good for discounts on known selected cop items and services.
  
  Imperial President’s Executive Order:
  ALL retired law enforcement personnel must be added to the government regulations list. If they were, this drug store robber cop sited by Kelly would not have robbed. (Pure liberal logic)
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:02pm
  The BATF tracked guns this way. Eventually the criminals caught on & destroyed the trackers. They will do the same here.
  
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ssfloatnfly
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:41pm
Methadone Clinics REDUCE CRIME associated with addiction!!! IF anyone could see a DOCTOR for ANYTHING Crime would drop by a minimum 50% Doctors are limited to quantity of pills written. Prolonged Cronic Pain 20 plus years, tolerances go up, patients need more. Problem is limits set by smucks that have never experienced pain and have no clue.

Make all Drugs LEGAL through a Doctor/pharmacy… Eventually the Drug addict will die away! AIDS will see dramatic drop in infection rates. Drug Gangs nearly extinct. Crime goes down, prison population dramitically reduced, robberies, theft… reduced

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moreteaplease
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:38pm
CulperGang
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:15pm

….CulperGang
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:15pm

…..He has an IQ of a rock..
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Oh c’mon, what did a rock ever do to you that was so bad ? :)

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LibsRliars
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:33pm
spy vs spy
now thieves will have to dump the pills into another container and drop the bottles next of the donut shops so the cops can quickly find the bottles.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:43pm
  EXACTLY! These people are so stupid they don’t even realize the stupidity of their ideas.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 3:57pm
  I agree – announce what they plan to do so the crooks can evade it ! How stupid are New Yorkers ??
  
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- TomFerrari
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:07pm
  Oh, come on… NOBODY is smart enough to transfer pills from one bottle to another.
  
  OH, I KNOW!!!… We can microstamp the pills and the bottles and make it illegal for pills to be in bottles they were not originally placed in! Then, we can arrest all those evil health-conscious vitamin-swallowers, and the little old ladies who use pill organizers! We all know its OUR fault for owning medications! If it weren’t for US taking prescriptions, there wouldn’t be any illegal drugs. (shh, just ignore the meth, heroin, bath salts, and cocaine) We already require a state-issued ID to buy cold medicine, punishing the innocent, and that has done just a SWELL job of eliminating meth! It works almost as well as burying your head in the sand.
  smh
  
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sister1_rm
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:32pm
The government can’t keep track of it’s own finances, weapons, and secrets, or even it’s own laws and regulations. What makes them think they can keep track of drugs and criminal activity? Another stupid Fast and Furious campaign.

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Mapache
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:08pm
Shhhhhhh. Don’t tell anyone…..its a secret plan!

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THX-1138
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:06pm
So now Rx thieves will have to remember to use tin foil lined containers.

Your Tax Dollars At Work.

America is Over.

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- jman-6
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:34pm
  most already do there called cigarette packs.lol
  
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mtsnj
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:52pm
OOOps cats outta the bag now, you can use your new stolen bottle to find out where you’re at…However, You can’t have anything lager than a 16oz pain killer anyway in New York City… I thought we needed California and Massachusetts to fall off into the ocean..now we Need NYC to sink back into the swamp it once was.

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jackact
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:30pm
Rx meds (pain killing opiates) are as dangerous to this nation as Mexican drug cartels.
To root out the main cause go into any ‘inner city’ and locate the nearest pain management medical provider. The Feds do this occassionally and usually turn up major criminal activity.
One crooked physician = hundreds of opiate addicted drug addicts.

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- drs1969
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:20pm
  The root of the problem IS the federal gov. It’s no coincidence that this opiate epidemic has exploded since the US invaded Afghanistan. That’s where they come from. The FBI takes away what the CIA imports. CIA is winning.
  
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- ssfloatnfly
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:47pm
  what you don’t understand like the anti gun crowd is you scerw the people that have legitamate pain issue, follow all the rules and directions… See Now!!!.
  That is precisely what is taking place now!!!
  
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pahrumper
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:25pm
Oh hell yes, lets track meds and while we are at it since the device is so small lets just track anyone we want. You cannot trust police that in New York shot the killer and while they were at it shot 6 others…..Now that is the need for gun control

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milo75
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:16pm
Moron of the week award goes to Bloomberg! congradulations sir for your one hundredth time winning this award. how do these people get elected ? They are literally the dumbest people on planet earth.

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seek.the.truth
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:47pm
Ha ha! I see many posters had the same thought as I did when reading this story. Open bottle – take pills – get rid of bottle.

Bloomberg is a genius!

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spfoam1
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:47pm
How about tracking those EBT cards instead? Oh, my bad, that would have the unintended consequence of exposing which T&A clubs our representatives are eating at.

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- ssfloatnfly
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:42pm
  what people don’t understand, like the anti gun crowd is you scerw the people that have legitamate pain issues , follow all the rules and directions… See Now!!!.
  That is precisely what is taking place now!!!
  
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- ssfloatnfly
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:52pm
  that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time! Hey by the way Rome s a burnin This is really an illusion, it’s gotta be. And the game is on us, you, me,I, she, we . they… What about the illegal drug dealer thats got the 25 EBT cards in his pocket, and the cops go “there is nothing we can do there no precidence “.. It’s a friggin racket and we’re not playing
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:46pm
Mr. Bloomberg must be awake all night long to think of things to keep people from the freedom. Lot more drug problems then prescription bottled pills.

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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:11pm
  The feds can’t even keep track of guns (fast and furious) or keep track of incoming and outgoing messages and responsibility (Benghazi)
  
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lid.smoker
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:46pm
Is this the same drug Rush Limbahhhh was having his servant buy for him?

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- scuba13
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:02pm
  So,your answer to Bloombergs stupidity is to show us your stupidity. Good job.
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:46pm
  scuba, he is too stupid to realize he is stupid.
  
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travlman77
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:33pm
Sounds a lot like Fast and Furious to me!

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red_white_blue2
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:23pm
Aren’t these medications kept under lock and key behind the counter anyway? Are people jumping the counters and taking them? Give me a break!

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- drs1969
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:23pm
  Yes, they are jumping counters. There have been 2 armed robberies within 10 miles of here in the last week. Guess what they took. Opiate pain killers.
  
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ares338
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:21pm
Ever consider that Bloombutt is a little nuts? Naw….it’s just probably me!

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CulperGang
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:11pm
Asshat Bloomie another irrational nut job in charge. HOW ABOUT ARRESTING HOLDER AND OBAMA 4 DRUG and GUN running??? Ray Ray Kelly. More waste of taxpayer money while the REAL criminals aka politicians and other high level civil servants continue to ply their criminality while collecting a paycheck from the non-criminals in society. YUP WE NEED CHANGE……back to wholesome morals, scruples and dignity AMONGST CIVIL SERVANTS.

Oh, and where is the HUGE funeral turnout for the “sandy hook” massacre??? THERE IS NONE because it was a false flag stage event to win hearts and minds of dumbed down idiots aka liberal to whine enmass about destroying “their own civil rights.” Damn these globalist are murderously good.

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hi
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:09pm
My friend who is an expert in pain management says ibuprophen works better than narcotics.

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- THX-1138
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:09pm
  I have a wife with a broken back who knows that’s nonsense…
  
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- Desertcatn
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:28pm
  I know it works pretty good. I can’t take it anymore because it gives me an asthma attack. It seems like they are just trying to control us any way they can.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:08pm
As long as the pharmacies are doing it voluntarily.

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MangoT21
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:59am
Sooo…how much is this per bottle? How long till the criminals realize they can just throw the bottles into one of those Faraday bags and work around this?

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- CulperGang
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:15pm
  What you want “rational thinking” from nut job Bloomberg. He has an IQ of a rock.he built his empire on derivitives…..aka ponzi con. PS NYCPD hates bloomie and ray ray…both damaging NYC beyond repair.
  
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- EdtheK
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:28pm
  You don’t need a Faraday bag, just dump the pills in a ziplock bag and label it. Then dump all the empty bottles off at Nanny Doomberg’s mansion.
  
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- raabhimself
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:35pm
  @Culpergang
  
  Hey now… An IQ of a rock is much higher than Bloomers…
  
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Blazesurfer
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:58am
Yeah, thieves aren’t smart enough to transfer said pills to a different container.. This will work fine!

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- Loki
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:03pm
  they will most likely hide the signal device in a pill….
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:43pm
  so will theGPS then have to be FDA approved for human consumption? What happens if the fake pill is given in a legit Rx and kills someone – Oh I get it – govt creates more crises to come to the rescue to continue to create more problems to solve
  
  ENOUGH
  
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kaydeebeau
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:53am
Note to criminals – empty the contents of all bottles into another container before leaving the scene of the crime……

How is that regualtors can come up with so many “laws to protect” that can be side-stepped with about 3 sec worth of thought?

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- raabhimself
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:00pm
  Some of these criminals may be in colusion with the pharamasists themselves… The Pharamasist is going to know the difference between the fake pills they put in a bottle and the real ones…Their solution to this would be to put real pills in all of the bottles but why risk them getting on to the street? They can try this out but more likely than not… someone that needs them is going to get the fakes while the criminals get the real deal…
  
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raabhimself
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:52am
I would like to see them make a show on TruTV about this…

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