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Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The problem in the US is that the cars are stolen and just get ditched immediately after any interaction with the cops. This helps them find the car, not catch the criminals. Obviously high speed pursuits are even worse, but this doesn't really solve the problem.

What they really need are payloads which can electronically fingerprint the occupant's phones and smart watches and shit.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

They would absolutely use that on innocent people, rampantly