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To: Rusty0604
only chase offenders when the following occurs: •It is safe to follow and pursue a suspect.

Where would that be? The Bonneville Salt Flats or a closed course? Why would an innocent person not yield to an emergency vehicle with lights flashing and siren sounding?

140 posted on 11/09/2013 12:25:18 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Alaska Wolf

Look, a solution!
Police Shoot Cars With GPS Tags to Reduce High-Speed Chases

To reduce the need for dangerous, high-speed car chases, police across the country are discreetly shooting GPS tags onto vehicles attempting to flee. The suspects’ whereabouts are then plotted on a digital map so officers can cut them off, follow them home, or watch them from a safe distance.

Officers who remain where they are rather than joining the pursuit can, for example, cut off suspects across town and throw down spike strips, stopping the suspect without a chase. Or an officer can follow the suspect home and issue a sobriety test or arrest him on the spot. The GPS tag can relay information back to dispatch for days; officers deactivate it when they choose. Plus, all of the tracking data can be downloaded and used as evidence in a court of law.

And none of this requires a warrant. That’s because, unlike other GPS units, which are hidden underneath cars, StarChase is in plain sight. Fischbach says his is the only GPS system law enforcement can use without a warrant.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/news/police-shoot-cars-with-gps-tags-to-reduce-high-speed-chases-16127245


143 posted on 11/09/2013 12:36:35 PM PST by Rusty0604
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