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{{Short description|US company selling GPS tracking technology}}
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{{Infobox company
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| company_logo = [[File:StarChaseLOGO.PNG|175px]] |
| company_namelogo_size = StarChase. LLC |=
| industryname = [[Vehicle tracking system|Vehicle Tracking]]= StarChase. |LLC
| area_servedindustry = [[USAVehicle tracking system]] |
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| homepage = [http://www.{{URL|StarChase.org/ www.StarChase.org]|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 system developed early in 2006 to track a fleeing vehicle of interest to police. Its components consist of a dart, actually a plastic ball encased in a viscous adhesive which contains a [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] locator and a transmitter, fired by compressed gas from a small [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] on the front bumper of a police car. The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the attendant danger of, [[Car chase#In reality|high speed pursuits]], many of which are precipitated by traffic violations where the motorist is later found to have outstanding business with the court system.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
 
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>
Upon deployment to a target vehicle, the ball begins broadcasting its position to the dispatch center. Catching the vehicle, even without air support, now becomes a matter of strategic interdiction, rather than mere pursuit and interception.
 
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 />
The StarChase system as of summer 2009 was in use by the [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]].<ref>[http://www.azdps.gov/Media/News/View/?p=115 ADPS press release. "DPS becomes the first state-level law enforcement agency in the country to deploy the StarChase Pursuit Management System" September 30, 2009; accessed 12-11-2009]</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 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 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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== External links ==
*[ {{official website|http://www.starchase.orgcom/ StarChase site]}}
* [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]
*[http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3346826n/ The Early Show on CBS: High Tech Car Chases]
 
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