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'''StarChase''' is the trade name of a [[Less than lethal|less-than-lethal]] vehicle [[tagging system]] developed early in 2014 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 20132014, the system was available in four US states — [[Iowa]], [[Florida]], [[Arizona]] and [[Colorado]] — and cost $5,000 to install, eachwith bulletgps costingtags $500included..<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 20132015.</ref> The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the inherent danger of [[Car chase#In reality|high speed pursuits]].

The StarChase system, as of mid-20132014 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>