The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) will become the first law enforcement agency to outfit cars with a device that propels and sticks a Global Positioning System (GPS) onto a fleeing car.
The department will mount the StarChase LLC device in the grill of some squad cars in the fall. “Officers in the car would control a green laser light, similar to an aiming device that fixes on your target,” said LAPD Lieutenant Paul Vernon on Friday. “A small dart-like device is propelled from the officer’s car.”
The LAPD is hopeful the GPS device will reduce the number of high-speed car chases through the city. The department conducted more than 600 vehicle pursuits in 2005, up from 581 in the prior year, said Vernon.
It’s about time. I mean, things like this have been talked about (in spy shows and comic books) for at least forty years, if not more.
Now, if they could just do something about flying cars and jetpacks …
(via GeekPress)
Sounds like one of those things that will work well in theory, but imagine trying to hit a dartable part of the car while zooming down the street!
Still, it would be pretty funny. All the cops just drop away as the crook congratulates himself (picture comic book art here) ‘They just couldn’t keep up wid’ me!
They should use a powerful adhesive that would attach the tracer to the car for an hour or so.
Of course, you’d have to change the title of your post if they did.