New tool to help reduce high speed pursuits

[03trubluGT]

just sayin'

http://www.jammerall.com/categories/GPS-Jammers/

Not only that...if the police are too quick to fall back and wait, what stops the thief from pulling over real quick and yanking that off the car? What if it just falls off? How does it adhere? If it's a magnet, not all cars rear ends are made of metal, and if it's a suction cup it would have to hit a pretty flat surface at a pretty blunt angle.

If they person driving feels as though they've gotten away then they probably wouldn't feel the immediate need to ditch the car, especially if it was stolen or borrowed.

All valid points that I had thought of.

What if he goes into a parking garage? Then you are stuck with searching a 20 story building.

If the car is stolen, you still have no idea who was driving.

[bcoop]

That's pretty damn cool. That said, I'm sure there is a way to abuse it. Deploying one on the vehicle of the guy that's banging an officer's wife, for instance.

[Binky]

[Binky]

I would imagine it is magenetic.

I bet you dimes to DONUTS that it's a stickyball made of a tar like substance.

[03trubluGT]

That's pretty damn cool. That said, I'm sure there is a way to abuse it. Deploying one on the vehicle of the guy that's banging an officer's wife, for instance.

That would be hard to hide since it is dispatch tracked.

[Gear_Jammer]

In before 4th amendment posts

Maybe I'm missing it, but how could that be unreasonable search and/or seizure? A crime is being committed in plain sight (failure to stop at the very least) and therefore the officer has probable cause to stick the thing to the suspect's car. It's really nothing different that just chasing the car - it just reduces the danger involved. It has potential to be abused, but so does almost everything LEO do. I know you're not advocating against it...I'm just thinking out loud.

[bcoop]

That would be hard to hide since it is dispatch tracked.

You know as well as I do that some people are just flat out stupid. Reinforced by the fact that depts hire less intelligent officers.


We both know that if it can be abused, it will. Just like FLIR. and no, I'm
Not saying it's the majority. I'm speaking for the mouth breathers that give the rest of you a bad rap.

[03trubluGT]

You know as well as I do that some people are just flat out stupid. Reinforced by the fact that depts hire less intelligent officers.


We both know that if it can be abused, it will. Just like FLIR. and no, I'm
Not saying it's the majority. I'm speaking for the mouth breathers that give the rest of you a bad rap.

I'm just saying it would take a conspiracy to hide, and that is damn hard.

[GhostTX]

I would imagine it is magenetic.

I bet you dimes to DONUTS that it's a stickyball made of a tar like substance.

Win.

From the website:

The tag contains a miniature GPS module embedded in a customized industrial-strength adhesive compound.

http://www.starchase.com/how-it-workss/faq.html

[Moose242]

That would be hard to hide since it is dispatch tracked.

Not to mention, "hey, I wonder what this giant dildo is that is suctioned onto the back of my car".

[ScottJ]

worthless for motorcycle

[kingjason]

worthless for motorcycle

Hey I wonder what that thud was and why does my helmet feel heavy. LOL

[GhostTX]

Hey I wonder what that thud was and why does my helmet feel heavy. LOL

Or it just bowls him over.

[Trip McNeely]

You can hijack some 18 wheelers with DVD players in them now.

[scootro]

smokey and the bandit don't have a chance now!