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  • High-tech jab to end LA's car chase fixation

    02/04/2006 7:05:52 PM PST · by Polliwag · 22 replies · 742+ views
    Sydney Morning Herald ^ | February 4, 2006 | Gerald Wright
    A new high-tech tool for police provides alternative to todays high speed police chases. A launcher fires a Dart into a car that includes a GPS system used to track the car. Program being tested in LA, in connection with the US Justice Department, for 4 to 6 months. The product is made by Starchaser and uses launcher technology from Metal Storm. "High-tech jab to end LA's car chase fixation By Gerard Wright in Los Angeles February 4, 2006" ------------------------------------------------- Remember the big PR on Metal storm two weeks ago. "Security & Terrorism New super-gun to be tested in Feb...
  • Los Angeles - Police to launch GPS tracking devices on fleeing motorists during car chases

    02/02/2006 7:30:21 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 11 replies · 871+ views
    ATS Swiss News Agency via Babelfish translation | February 2, 2006
    "labels GPS" to fight against the hit and run offences Los Angeles - the police force of Los Angeles will obtain a launcher of "étiquettes GPS" to track the motorists in hit and run offence. She thus hopes to reduce the risks incurred by her men at the time of track races at high speed. According to the chief of the police force of the city, William Bratton, the police cars of the Californian megalopolis will be equipped soon with launchers compressed-air, which will project adhesive "labels" on the vehicles of suspects taken in hunting. These "labels" contain a...