A suspected felon flees from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Rather than engage him in a dangerous, high-speed chase, the police pursue the suspect for just a few blocks.
Then the cops tag his car with a laser-guided, GPS tracking system, launched from the front grille of the squad car and guided by a laser-sight targeting system.
Once the “sticky” transmitter attaches to the fleeing car, the police track the suspect via real-time feeds over a wireless network.
They drop back, and let the crook slow down. When he stops, the cops speed up, and nab the lawbreaker as he is leaving his car.
And what happens when the suspect flees in the car out of visual range, then dumps and runs. Even if he has a 30-60 second head start if its not the middle of a field he’ll get away.
I’m much more impressed with the system that discharges an electrical surge causing the car to die. It fires out from the front of the police car pretty much the same way.
The big problem I see with this system is you’re assuming the guy will slow down and become “safe” once the cops back off.
And what Walter mentioned. By the time the cop catches up when the guy stops chances are the driver is long gone. Especially when he sees the monster GPS tracker stuck to his car.
So how long until a cop shoots a person with this thing?
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yeah butt plugs for everyone in compton, I give it 1 month before these things show up as lyrics in a rap song !!!
I was cruzin down the blvd mindin my biz, popo rolls up on me says where you been, I say at my babies mamas house kickin for real when all of a sudden theres a knock at my back doe, dam I been plugged.
I’m much more impressed with the system that discharges an electrical surge causing the car to die. It fires out from the front of the police car pretty much the same way.
The big problem I see with this system is you’re assuming the guy will slow down and become “safe” once the cops back off.
And what Walter mentioned. By the time the cop catches up when the guy stops chances are the driver is long gone. Especially when he sees the monster GPS tracker stuck to his car.
I’m much more impressed with the system that discharges an electrical surge causing the car to die. It fires out from the front of the police car pretty much the same way.
The big problem I see with this system is you’re assuming the guy will slow down and become “safe” once the cops back off.
And what Walter mentioned. By the time the cop catches up when the guy stops chances are the driver is long gone. Especially when he sees the monster GPS tracker stuck to his car.
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Not to mention this thing probably has a line of sight range (the tracking device), so how will the officer pin the projectile on a fleeing vehicle without pursuing himself?How much more pursuit if traffic is in the way?
It’s a good idea, it will probably cut down on the amount of time in a high speed pursuit (if the cops are fortunate), but this won’t stop high speed chases entirely and it won’t always make high speed pursuits less dangerous.
A. good aim
B. a quick enough car to catch up, or a car that can out brake me into a turn
C. hit my bike where I cant pull the probe off and shatter it on the pavement at 100 mph :-p
( i would imagine, it would be quite entertaining to watch them replace the 1000 dollar probes on a regular basis)
I love technology.
