By Lindsey Eaton
Fox59
LAWRENCE, Ind. — The Lawrence Police Department is the first in the state to use a GPS-launching device to make high-speed chases safer.
The tech-savvy StarChase tool is hidden in a compartment on the front of some of the force’s patrol cars. If a suspect is trying to outrun law enforcement, an officer can use a laser to take aim and launch the device. The device sticks to the back of the suspect’s car, allowing the officer to safely slow down.
“The longer a pursuit goes the more dangerous it becomes. So if this technology can be used successfully it can afford our officers the opportunity to apprehend the person trying to elude,” said Deputy Chief Gary Woodruff, with the Lawrence Police Department.
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