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LAPDs Real Life Homing Beacon

bfjob1.jpgThe Los Angeles Police Department plans to install "dart-like" GPS devices from Starchase, LLC, that will be propelled from officers cars and attach to fleeing vehicles. Once attached, a GPS sensor kicks, from which officers can monitor the vehicle s movements via a secure website, as the homing beacon transmits all pertinent data via a wireless transmitter.

LAPD to throw GPS at fleeing cars [we make money not art]

7:52 AM on Mon Feb 6 2006
By Gizloco
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