While the Star Chase gives police

Posted by yorepo on July 28th, 2016

The system consists of a compressed-air launcher with laser targeting that mounts inside the grille of a police car and shoots out a homing device (containing an internal GPS receiver, transmitter and power supply). The homing device sticks to any vehicle it hits, and sends its location to dispatch. From there, a dispatcher or other trained professional views the vehicle's real-time movements on a digital roadmap and develops a strategy to intercept it. The Star Chase system also automatically records all data, creating a historical record of the event.

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While the Star Chase gives police the ability to opt out of a dangerous chase and still nab the suspect, another new technology in the works could have a similar benefit - but for officers on foot. The LED Incapacitate could help officers keep weapons in their holsters. Developed in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security, among others, the LED Incapacitate comes from Intelligent Optical Systems Inc. (IOS) - a creator of cutting-edge technologies in optical sensing and instrumentation. Similar in appearance to a flashlight, an officer shines the device in a suspect's eyes. Using extremely bright, strobe sequences of light in different colors, the invention flashes in a pre-defined pattern that the human brain cannot immediately adjust to. This creates a "wall of light" that blinds and dizzies the suspect and fogs the officer's location - giving the law enforcement agent a brief window of time to subdue the suspect. Despite its power, the LED Incapacitate does not have a high enough intensity to actually harm a suspect's eyes. Both the Star Chase and the LED Incapacitate are garnering interest from law enforcement as the movement toward non-lethal technologies continues to gain momentum. 

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