Eye in sky may watch Parks workers
How do you keep your eye on Chicago Park District employees?

Perhaps, from 12,000 miles up.

Space may be the next frontier for the district, under a plan that would use a satellite system to track some Parks employees.

Parks Supt. Timothy Mitchell is negotiating with manufacturers to equip some workers with Global Positioning System technology that would allow supervisors to know where work crews are at all times.

"We could look at a map and pinpoint them,'' said Mitchell, who would like to begin using the technology next year.

Under Mitchell's plan, workers would carry devices that double as two-way radios. The system would also allow the district to keep better records of how long jobs take and what work has been done.
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But what's the point of taking a job with the City of Chicago if you have to actually work?