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Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits: Old Westbury Police Department in New York is using vehicle-mounted launchers that fire foam projectiles with GPS trackers at fleeing vehicles in a car chase.
Police departments across the country are increasingly tagging fleeing cars with GPS tracking darts, instead of engaging in dangerous chases.
Old Westbury Police Department in New York is using vehicle-mounted launchers that fire foam projectiles with a heat-activated sticky glue at fleeing vehicles in a car chase. AP News via YouTube The launchers mount to the front of police cars, so cops only have to chase a fleeing vehicle for long enough to tag it with a sticky dart, and then they can back off and track its location. In a 2012 Supreme Court case, U.S. vs Jones, it was unanimously ruled that GPS tracking a car without a warrant constitutes an illegal search, breaching the Fourth Amendment.
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