By Chris Horne
WAVY
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Technology designed to limit or eliminate the need for dangerous police pursuits has proven effective in early field use, however agencies in Hampton Roads are reluctant to adopt it.
The StarChase system enables police to launch a “tag” from their patrol vehicle, which then sticks to the suspect’s vehicle. The tag has a GPS tracker.
“Instead of the traditional way of three or four officers chasing this guy at a hundred miles an hour, we have the officer just drop back once the tag is deployed,” said David Respess, training manager for StarChase.
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