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LA to end high speed car chases with GPS darts

Presumably they wouldn't simply sit on the road miles away. They'd be within sufficient proximity to react if the car suddenly stopped I'd think...
 
Considering they'll knwo where the car is, they can follow it at all times from the air. So they would know if they switch cars. I Think the purpose of it is to ease the on-road component of capturing criminals, as it's dangerous to innocent bystanders.
 
Originally posted by: Qosis
Considering they'll knwo where the car is, they can follow it at all times from the air. So they would know if they switch cars. I Think the purpose of it is to ease the on-road component of capturing criminals, as it's dangerous to innocent bystanders.
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i'm sure some of them are guilty of something :|
 
Originally posted by: HN
Originally posted by: Qosis
Considering they'll knwo where the car is, they can follow it at all times from the air. So they would know if they switch cars. I Think the purpose of it is to ease the on-road component of capturing criminals, as it's dangerous to innocent bystanders.
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i'm sure some of them are guilty of something :|
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Popcorn!!!

See, I can throw in random crap too.
 
If the "perp" exits the vehicle unobserved, due to the police backing off and using GPS to track the car, then you can only arrest the car. Hard to prove who was driving it.

Not very effective.
 
Originally posted by: ValValline
If the "perp" exits the vehicle unobserved, due to the police backing off and using GPS to track the car, then you can only arrest the car. Hard to prove who was driving it.

Not very effective.
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Helicopters can track the GPS marked vehicles instead, in addition to tracking by visual.
 
if the idea is to not aggravate the driver by chasing him, wouldn't following the driver via helicopter do the same? I guess we'll just have to see how it works in real life before passing judgement.
 
Originally posted by: Imaginer
Originally posted by: ValValline
If the "perp" exits the vehicle unobserved, due to the police backing off and using GPS to track the car, then you can only arrest the car. Hard to prove who was driving it.

Not very effective.
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Helicopters can track the GPS marked vehicles instead, in addition to tracking by visual.
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Helicopters can't fly everywhere (airspace around airports for example), and they can't track visually, if the car pulls into a covered area.

If the police are going to shoot the car with something, hit it with something that will disable it.

 
Originally posted by: ValValline
Originally posted by: Imaginer
Originally posted by: ValValline
If the "perp" exits the vehicle unobserved, due to the police backing off and using GPS to track the car, then you can only arrest the car. Hard to prove who was driving it.

Not very effective.
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Helicopters can track the GPS marked vehicles instead, in addition to tracking by visual.
Click to expand...

Helicopters can't fly everywhere (airspace around airports for example), and they can't track visually, if the car pulls into a covered area.

If the police are going to shoot the car with something, hit it with something that will disable it.
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Since when helicopters are restricted from the airspace of airports? As long as they squak, I don't think they have a problem entering the mess of class B, C, and D airspaces in the LA area. (unless I am missing something) Also, if they are free from traffic, they can be allowed into the said airspace.
 
Originally posted by: HN
Originally posted by: Qosis
Considering they'll knwo where the car is, they can follow it at all times from the air. So they would know if they switch cars. I Think the purpose of it is to ease the on-road component of capturing criminals, as it's dangerous to innocent bystanders.
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i'm sure some of them are guilty of something :|
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or have some kind of addiction, whether it be illicit or over the counter drug abuse - ranging to child pornography and Internet gaming addictions to multi-night partying.
 
Why not instead of a patrol car firing a golf-size sticky ball to stick some GPS tracker to the car, you get some heavy lift helicopter that fires a giant sticky ball at the fleeing suspect's vehicle and then the helicopter lifts the entire car up off the ground and carries them to the locla police station? 😀
 
Why dont they use that "stun gun" from the fast and the furious? It was shown in the movie so it must exist right?😀
 
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
On the surface, it sounds like a pretty good idea. We'll see how it turns out in the execution.
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Some criminal will end up getting hit in the face with a dart causing a rash of lawsuits...
 
Nothing beats a helicopter. With a helicopter you can when and where the suspect abandoned his getaway car. With these GPS darts, you can only locate the car, but not the suspect. Brilliant. :roll:
 
seriously guys, the cops aren't just going to stick a dart in the car and go 'hey, job's done let's go home'

I think this just means, like someone said earlier, that they can keep units near the car, ready to strike when the vehicle stops, but they won't have to tail the guy directly meaning that the suspect is less likely to travel at insanely fast speeds and also that there will be less injuries / collateral damage from chases.
 
Originally posted by: ValValline
If the "perp" exits the vehicle unobserved, due to the police backing off and using GPS to track the car, then you can only arrest the car. Hard to prove who was driving it.

Not very effective.
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All the perp would have to do is enter a covered parking lot and ditch the car. Not very effective IMO.
 
You all (well, most 😛) are talking like they're going to completely abandon pursuits and use GPS stuff exlusively - not a realistic assumption, IMO.

"Instead of us pushing them doing 70 or 80 miles an hour," Bratton said, "this device allows us not to have to pursue after the car. It allows us to start vectoring where the car is."
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They'll be able to intercept the car, rather than follow it. Makes complete sense to me.
 
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