THE NYPD WANTS TO TRACK OXYCONTIN BOTTLES WITH GPS!

OxyContin "bait bottles" equipped with GPS tracking devices are being sent to city pharmacies to help police track the thieves who steal them, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says.

The announcement is expected to be made by Kelly Tuesday afternoon at a California conference sponsored by former President Bill Clinton.

"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,'' Kelly said, according to an advance copy of his speech.

"We're also asking industry researchers to explore the possibility of applying nanotechnology in such a way that individual 'bait' tablets could be tracked by GPS."

Prescription drug abuse — which can lead to pill addicts’ violence — has been seen as a suburban and rural problem until recently.

Last April, two men barged into an East Harlem pharmacy looking for OxyContin and Percocet.

One of the suspects surrendered to responding officers, but his accomplice fired at cops until he was shot dead by a retired officer who happened to be getting gas across the street.

In December 2011, retired ATF agent John Capano was picking up his dad's cancer medication at a Long Island pharmacy when he confronted a gunman trying to rob painkillers. The agent was killed by friendly fire, a bullet shot by a retired Nassau police lieutenant. The suspect was then shot dead by an off-duty NYPD officer.

Earlier that year, painkiller addict David Laffer shot dead two employees and two customers inside a Long Island pharmacy during a botched prescription drug robbery. He is serving life in prison.

Kelly will make his remarks during a panel discussion at the 2013 Clinton Health Matters Conference, in La Quinta, Calif.

The "bait bottles" are part of what Kelly calls "Operation Safety Cap." It also includes building a database of almost 6,000 licensed pharmacists in and around New York City. Kelly said police are visiting pharmacies to make security recommendations, such as installing alarm systems and keeping stores well-lit after hours.

In the next school year, according to Kelly's remarks, police will talk to high school students about the danger of prescription drug abuse. Police and the Department of Education have already put together a lesson plan about the issue, Kelly said.

Waste of money!

All you gotta do is empty the pills out of the bottle stupid

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