StarChase is company that produces GPS tracking devices of the same name, for law enforcement purposes. Developed from early 2006, the less-than-lethal vehicle tagging system tags, tracks, and locates a fleeing vehicle.[1]
The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the inherent danger of high speed pursuits[broken anchor].[1] The US National Institute of Justice at one time was looking at technologies to reduce personnel and property damage, including tyre deflation devices, electronics interference (through electronic discharge immobilising devices, electromagnetic radiation devices, and directed energy devices), and remote tracking.[2]
Its components consist of an electronic tag in the form of a small, cylindrical projectile with the end covered in a viscous, industrial strength adhesive, which contains a battery-operated GPS tracker and Quad-Band transmitter (powered by a 1300 mAh dry cell), fired by compressed air from a small launcher on the front grille of a police car.[3] The deploying vehicle must be within 25 feet (7.6 m) range of the offending vehicle.[4] The tracking signal location is then monitored from a dispatcher's computer screen. In 2013, the vehicle-mounted solution was US$5000 per installation, and $500 for each bullet.[1] By 2023, the device was US$5900.[4]
The StarChase system, as of mid-2013 was in use by the Arizona Department of Public Safety,[5] Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Austin Police Department,[6] and other agencies globally including the Ontario Provincial Police.[7]
By early 2023, the company released a variation using a rifle platform called the 'Guardian-HX'. Based on the AR-15 rifle, pressurised gas propels the tracking projective, the rifle magazine well holding the battery.[8] The projectile travels at 37 miles per hour (60 km/h), and has to be discharged by the rifle user within 35 feet (11 m) of the offending vehicle.[8]
^ abc"GPS bullets are latest weapon for American police". British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^"Technology for Pursuit Management". National Institute of Justice. Government of the United States of America. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^"StarChase Tech Specification Sheets – UPDATED" (PDF). StarChase.com. Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA: StarChase LLC. 10 September 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ ab"Making police pursuits safer". Courier-Record. Crewe, Virginia, USA. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^"Press Release: DPS becomes the first state-level law enforcement agency in the country to deploy the StarChase Pursuit Management System; The system, which DPS has already used with great success during pursuits, launches a GPS tracking device at fleeing vehicles". Arizona Department of Public Safety, September 30, 2009.
^"APD employs GPS dart system to track suspect vehicles". Daily Texan, February 14, 2013.
^"OPP to fire GPS darts at fleeing vehicles to avoid high-speed chases". CityNews. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ abDaSILVA, Steve (13 April 2023). "The NYPD Can Now Shoot GPS Trackers at Your Car". Jalopnik. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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