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{{Infobox company
| logo = [[File:StarChaseLOGO.PNG|175px]]
| name = StarChase. LLC
| industry = [[Vehicle tracking system
| area_served = United States
| homepage =
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'''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 tag, a small projectile with the end covered in a viscous adhesive which contains a [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] locator and a transmitter, fired by compressed air from a small launcher on the front grille of a police car.<ref name=bbc-2013oct29>[http://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]], many of which are precipitated by traffic violations where the motorist is later found to have outstanding business with the court system.
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Upon deployment to a target vehicle, the tag 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.
The StarChase system, as of
== See also ==
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== External links ==
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*[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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