{"id":9159,"date":"2006-02-06T13:02:51","date_gmt":"2006-02-06T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/02\/06\/life-imitates-batman.html"},"modified":"2006-02-06T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2006-02-06T20:02:51","slug":"life_imitates_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/02\/06\/life_imitates_b.html","title":{"rendered":"Life Imitates Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techweb.com\/encyclopedia\/defineterm.jhtml?term=GPS\" target=\"_blank\">Serious coolness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\"> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The department will mount the StarChase LLC device in the grill of some squad cars in the fall. &#8220;Officers in the car would control a green laser light, similar to an aiming device that fixes on your target,&#8221; said LAPD Lieutenant Paul Vernon on Friday. &#8220;A small dart-like device is propelled from the officer&#8217;s car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if they could just do something about flying cars and jetpacks &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekpress.com\/2006_02_06_daily.html#113916198418417177\">GeekPress<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serious coolness. 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