Twin Cities Officers Using Discreet Tracking Device To Safely Follow Stolen Cars

CBS Minnesota

March 10, 2022

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies around the Twin Cities have a new way to catch car thieves without having to chase them.

Four departments around the metro are deploying a unique tracking device that looks like it could be out of a James Bond movie. It’s called StarChase, and it’s a GPS tracking tool that launches a dart-like cartridge from the front of a squad car onto the rear of a stolen vehicle, allowing police to track the car without physically following it.

“I think it will help us recover a lot more stolens in a safe manner,” said Ramsey County Deputy Joe Kill, one of three deputies in the department currently trying the technology.

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