DES MOINES, Iowa -- Police chases are dangerous. Sometimes people get hurt or even killed. But a new piece of technology in Iowa may soon make police pursuits a thing of the past. The secret weapon is mounted in the grill of an Iowa State Patrol cruiser. When the trooper hits a button in the car or on a key fob, the suspects car is tagged by the Star Chase system. The trooper is free to slow down and follow the car with a computer. Its like something out of a James Bond movie. A lid pops open in the grill and the tracking bullet shoots out, sticking to the bad guy’s trunk. “If you had told me 16 years ago that I would have had a cannon on the front of my car, I wouldnt have believed it,” said Trooper Tim Sieleman. But now, Sieleman has the real thing.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:27:11 +0000
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