Courts set to track criminals with GPS

DeKALB - A new Illinois law will allow courts to track people accused of stalking and harassing victims of domestic violence - but some state and local officials say more measures are needed to ensure victims' safety. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday signed Senate Bill 2719, after bipartisan support led to the bill's approval in both the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate earlier this year. The law goes into effect in January 2009. Under the law, someone who violates terms of bail in a restraining order or domestic battery case can be ordered by a judge to wear a GPS device. The law was nicknamed after Arlington Heights resident Cindy Bischof, who was killed in March by an ex-boyfriend. Bischof was stalked by the man repeatedly, eve