COPS Now Capable of Firing Missiles At You

[palani]

Tracking devices. Happened Wednesday in Des Moines. They lodged the missile in the rear end of a speeding car that would not stop, stopped pursuit and tracked the car to Omaha. Only one car in Iowa at this time and cost is $500 per shot.

Crime-fighting tech uses tracking projectile to tail suspect vehicles

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23790294/crime-fighting-tech-uses-tracking-projectile-to-tail-suspect-vehicles


Police in Iowa used a new piece of crime-fighting technology to track a vehicle without the danger of a pursuit.

The StarChase system - a pursuit reduction device that contains a miniature GPS module encased in a tracking projectile – was used during an incident on Wednesday in Des Moines.

According to CBS12.com, officers launched the tracking projectile from their vehicle into the vehicle they were pursuing. They then stopped the chase and were able to track the subject as they drove into Omaha.

Officials told CBS12.com that once the driver thinks the officer has stopped giving chase they slow to normal speeds, reducing the chance of injury to other motorists on the road.

While effective, the technology is expensive. CBS12.com says the system costs $5,000 – with each round costing $500.

[midnight rambler]

On a side note, the state actors and those in the 'business' of changing perceptions about those who just want to be left alone (prime example: SPLC) continue to blur the lines between criminals and those who want nothing to do with the moneychangers' collectivist corporate state.

[Ponce]

Say what you will, I like the idea.....I saw it about three years ago and I like it because by hook or by crook the cops will get their target but this way innocent people will not be killed "by accident" by the cops.

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[Hitch]

Tracking devices. Happened Wednesday in Des Moines. They lodged the missile in the rear end of a speeding car that would not stop, stopped pursuit and tracked the car to Omaha.

What if the missile gets lodged into the driver's head by mistake. The speeding driver is then incapacitated, and plows into a school full of kids. Can the cops say "ooops, maybe this wasn't such a great idea after all".

[Twisted Titan]

You track the car not the perp doofus.

This may work for low level grunts.

But anybody with half a brain can drive and place a call to a accomplice to meet them 20 miles up the road and ditch the trap car and make a smooth ass get away.


And they still look a bunch of keystone kops

[collector]

Not to mention the perp that pulls over, takes the projectile out of his trunk and drops it in a cab or on a bus. This whole thing sets dangerous precident - allowing law enforcement to fire projectiles via drones or whatever.

From the comments section;

police state is here guys, next time were stopped we might have to make a decision to stand up for our constitution rights and face a firing squad, or fight back and die! It really has come down to that, we need to organize and fast!

[midnight rambler]

we need to organize and fast!

The problem with 'organizing' is that if you discuss your intentions with someone you haven't known VERY WELL for several years (like at least over 10 years) you're very likely to get screwed over.