New police GPS Launcher... sweet

[+redcoyote12]

Anyone notice this article? Sounds cool, wonder what the delay is.

 

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From Pop Mech:

 

StarChase GPS Launcher

 

This system is behind schedule—when we last covered it, the plan was for a deployment by the end of this year—but Virginia-based StarChase now claims that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is closing in on the final stage of testing, which could put a deployed GPS launcher on the road early next year.

 

The purpose of StarChase is to stop high-speed pursuits by letting officers launch a sticky GPS tracker onto a fleeing vehicle. Savvy criminals, particularly ones who notice the green laser sight or hear the car-mounted air cannon go off, could pull over and rip off the transponder. But by then, the police would have had time to set up roadblocks and choppers, closing the net with less risk of a pursuit-ending crash.

 

Short-Term Impact: Everything is riding on the L.A. test. If StarChase is considered effective in one of the most chase-heavy regions in the country, other agencies are likely to start their own field-tests.

[Lknot]

Someone will sell a blocker - like cell phone blockers.

[QuigleyJones]

Someone will sell a blocker - like cell phone blockers.

That would be illigal, but that wont stop people from building their own (Ive seen blueprints online)

 

I'd say the delay is because its just not pratical at the moment.

[Lknot]

Of course it would be illegal but people enjoy circumventing/hacking everything.

 

Hehe, I can just see criminals soaking their car with vegetable oil or something so it won't stick to their car. Armor all would probably work.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Lknot

[+Indotguy]

Why not just shoot the tires out, like in the good ol' days?

[tuckbuskirk]

FINALLY, Rosco P Coltraine has the technology to apprehend those Duke boys. Of course, it isn't like they don't always just go back home.......

[gratefulHIKE]

them duke boys drive faster than a cheetah humpin a deer.....yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaawwwwww

 

and ofcourse there are always exploits to technology, but the nice thing is.....they have several options for tracking the bug through a transmittable signal

[+JSWilson64]

Why not just shoot the tires out, like in the good ol' days?

 

Never seen a high-speed chase on the evening news in which a car with 4 flat tires is still careening down the freeway, spewing sparks from all 4 rims?

[+fastforty]

If they're gonna start using cannons, why not put a 5 pound shot-put or a nice javelin in it?

[Lknot]

If they're gonna start using cannons, why not put a 5 pound shot-put or a nice javelin in it?

 

Hehe, how about a grappling hook and winch? Next year: tractor beam