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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>
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
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|date=10 Sep 2015 |website=StarChase.com |publisher=StarChase LLC |location=Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA |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> The deploying vehicle must be within {{convert|25|ft}} range of the offending vehicle.<ref name=crewe>{{cite news |title=Making police pursuits safer |url=https://www.courier-record.com/articles/featured-stories/making-police-pursuits-safer/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=Courier-Record |date=8 November 2023 |location=Crewe, Virginia, USA}}</ref> The tracking signal location is then monitored from a dispatcher's computer screen. In 2013, the vehicle-mounted solution was US$5000 per installation, and $500 for each bullet.<ref name=BBC /> By 2023, the device was US$5900.<ref name=crewe />
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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 other agencies globally including the [[Ontario Provincial Police]].<ref>{{cite news |title=OPP to fire GPS darts at fleeing vehicles to avoid high-speed chases |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/05/19/opp-to-fire-gps-darts-at-fleeing-vehicles-to-avoid-high-speed-chases/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=CityNews |date=19 March 2017}}</ref>
By early 2023, the company released a variation
== See also ==
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