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{{Short description|US company selling GPS tracking technology}}
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{{Infobox company
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| name = StarChase. LLC
| industry = [[Vehicle tracking system]]
| area_served = United States
| homepage = {{URL|StarChase.com}}
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'''StarChase''' is company that produces GPS tracking devices of the same name, for law enforcement purposes. Developed from early 2006, the [[Less than lethal|less-than-lethal]] vehicle [[tagging system]] tags, tracks, and locates a fleeing vehicle.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |title=GPS bullets are latest weapon for American police |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24731080 |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
'''StarChase''' is the trade name of a [[Less than lethal|less-than-lethal]] vehicle [[tagging system]] developed early in 2006 to tag, track and locate a fleeing vehicle of interest to police. Its components consist of an [[electronic tag]] in the form of a small, cylindrical projectile with the end covered in a viscous, industrial strength adhesive, which contains a battery-operated [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] tracker and [[Quad-band|Quad-Band]] transmitter (powered by a 1300 mAh [[dry cell]]), fired by compressed air from a small launcher on the front grille of a police car.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://starchase.com/assets/downloads/StarChase%20Tech%20Specification%20Sheets%20UPDATED.pdf|title=StarChase Tech Specification Sheets – UPDATED|last=|first=|date=10 Sep 2015|website=StarChase|publisher=StarChase LLC|location=PO Box 10057, Virginia Beach, VA 23450|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226002647/https://starchase.com/assets/downloads/StarChase%20Tech%20Specification%20Sheets%20UPDATED.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2019|access-date=26 Dec 2019}}</ref> In 2013, the system was available in seven US states — [[Kansas]], [[Minnesota]], [[Iowa]], [[Texas]], [[Florida]], [[Arizona]] and [[Colorado]] — and cost $5,000 to install, each bullet costing $500.<ref name=bbc-2013oct29>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24731080 "GPS bullets are latest weapon for American police; It sounds like something out of a James Bond movie - GPS bullets that can track the location of a suspect's car"]. [[BBC]], 29 October 2013.</ref> The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the inherent danger of [[Car chase#In reality|high speed pursuits]].▼
The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the inherent danger of [[Car chase#In reality|high speed pursuits]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-03-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|reason= The anchor (In reality) [[Special:Diff/1058960798|has been deleted]].}}.<ref name=BBC /> The US National Institute of Justice at one time was looking at technologies to reduce personnel and property damage, including [[Spike strip|tyre deflation devices]], electronics interference (through electronic discharge immobilising devices, electromagnetic radiation devices, and directed energy devices), and remote tracking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Technology for Pursuit Management |url=https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/technology-pursuit-management |website=National Institute of Justice |publisher=Government of the United States of America |access-date=14 February 2024 |date=3 March 2013}}</ref>
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The StarChase system, as of mid-2013 was in use by the [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]],<ref>[http://www.azdps.gov/Media/News/View/?p=115 "Press Release: DPS becomes the first state-level law enforcement agency in the country to deploy the StarChase Pursuit Management System; The system, which DPS has already used with great success during pursuits, launches a GPS tracking device at fleeing vehicles"]. [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]], September 30, 2009.</ref> [[Los Angeles Sheriff's Department]], [[Austin Police Department]],<ref>[http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/02/14/apd-employs-gps-dart-system-to-track-suspect-vehicles "APD employs GPS dart system to track suspect vehicles"]. [[Daily Texan]], February 14, 2013.</ref> and numerous other agencies all over the world, such as the [[Ontario Provincial Police]].<ref>http://www.citynews.ca/2017/05/19/opp-to-fire-gps-darts-at-fleeing-vehicles-to-avoid-high-speed-chases/</ref>▼
▲The StarChase system, as of mid-2013 was in use by the [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]],<ref>[http://www.azdps.gov/Media/News/View/?p=115 "Press Release: DPS becomes the first state-level law enforcement agency in the country to deploy the StarChase Pursuit Management System; The system, which DPS has already used with great success during pursuits, launches a GPS tracking device at fleeing vehicles"]. [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]], September 30, 2009.</ref> [[Los Angeles Sheriff's Department]], [[Austin Police Department]],<ref>[http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/02/14/apd-employs-gps-dart-system-to-track-suspect-vehicles "APD employs GPS dart system to track suspect vehicles"]. [[Daily Texan]], February 14, 2013.</ref> and
By early 2023, the company released a variation using a rifle platform called the 'Guardian-HX'. Based on the [[AR-15–style rifle|AR-15 rifle]], pressurised gas propels the tracking projective, the rifle magazine well holding the battery.<ref name=Jal2023>{{cite web |last1=DaSILVA |first1=Steve |title=The NYPD Can Now Shoot GPS Trackers at Your Car |url=https://jalopnik.com/starchase-guardian-hx-nypd-vehicle-gps-tracker-police-1850327888 |website=Jalopnik |access-date=14 February 2024 |date=13 April 2023}}</ref> The projectile travels at {{convert|37|mph}}, and has to be discharged by the rifle user within {{convert|35|feet}} of the offending vehicle.<ref name=Jal2023 />
== See also ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.starchase.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071104065227/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678438_1678439,00.html Time Magazine: StarChase, one of the best inventions of 2007]
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