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

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 7 months ago (31 children)

SURELY these cops can be totally trusted to not use this when they see an attractive woman they want to follow around, or a vulnerable minority they want to harass.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I mean, the Japanese police has been doing this for decades with paintball guns. Definitely better than high speed chases.

[–] realbadat 41 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh 100% it's better than high speed chases.

And given the history of basically every police force throughout the United States, guaranteed to be misused and abused as well.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, police are already abusing GPS trackers. The thing is that banning technology isn't going to fix that, it's a government that will hold police accountable for their crimes.

[–] realbadat 4 points 7 months ago

I don't believe anyone said anything about banning anything.

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