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Espiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 year ago

Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits

www.thedrive.com

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Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits

www.thedrive.com

Espiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 year ago
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Police departments across the country are increasingly tagging fleeing cars with GPS tracking darts, instead of engaging in dangerous chases.
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    Anyone start a pool on when the first news story of abusing this tech will happen? Because I want in lol.

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      I bet it’s already happened.

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        Maybe I should have voted on a police officer beating his wife with one? That was it’ll take a little longer…!?

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          Idk, he’d probably just use his fists.

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          A tracking dart‽ Would be way more sporting to tag and track her with the police helicopter

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      I’ve got “5 minutes ago”.

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      It’s easier to abuse traffic cameras for that purpose

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