Aubor Group

Only the rich will be able to afford investigative services if this becomes law.

North Carolina House Bill 450 Threatens Access to Justice and Affordable Investigative Services North Carolina House Bill 450 would ban GPS tracking by private investigators—putting vulnerable children and affordable investigations at risk.

🚨 North Carolina House Bill 450 is a direct threat to the private investigator profession — and to the people who rely on us in times of crisis.

Lawmakers want to ban licensed private investigators from using GPS trackers. The use of tracking devices helps keep investigations affordable for the average person. This tool is critical to what we do. It helps us track movement legally, safely, and affordably — especially in time-sensitive, high-stakes investigations.

We’re not law enforcement. The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to us. Yet this bill treats us like government agents and requires a search warrant — something we have no authority to request.

Worse, the sponsors of this bill do not seem to have consulted with professional investigators or our associations before proposing this change. Not one.

What they don’t seem to understand is this:

📍 GPS tracking helps us protect vulnerable people.
In child custody investigations, we use trackers to monitor the movements of parents who may be placing their children in danger. When abuse or neglect is suspected, this tool allows us to gather evidence discreetly and ethically.

If we lose this ability, families in crisis will be forced to pay for expensive, round-the-clock physical surveillance — something few people can afford. And when that happens, the ones who suffer are the children.

Concerned parents will be forced to turn to unlicensed criminals to get the information they need, which makes things dangerous for everyone involved.

📨 Contact the sponsors of House Bill 450 and ask them to reconsider:
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This isn’t just about protecting our profession — it’s about protecting the people we serve.