StarChase

StarChase. LLC
Industry	Vehicle tracking system
Founded	1 January 2001
Headquarters	Virginia Beach , United States
Area served	United States
Website	starchase.com

StarChase is the trade name of a less-than-lethal vehicle tagging system developed early in 2006 to tag, track and locate a fleeing vehicle of interest to police. Its components consist of an electronic tag in the form of a small, cylindrical projectile with the end covered in a viscous, industrial strength adhesive, which contains a battery-operated GPS tracker and Quad-Band transmitter (powered by a 1300 mAh dry cell), fired by compressed air from a small launcher on the front grille of a police car.^[1] In 2013, the system was available in four US states — Iowa, Florida, Arizona and Colorado — and cost $5,000 to install, each bullet costing $500.^[2] The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the inherent danger of high speed pursuits.

Upon deployment to a target vehicle, the tag begins broadcasting its position to the dispatch center. Catching the vehicle, even without air support, now becomes a matter of strategic interdiction, rather than mere pursuit and interception.

The StarChase system, as of mid-2013 was in use by the Arizona Department of Public Safety,^[3] Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Austin Police Department,^[4] and numerous other agencies all over the world, such as the Ontario Provincial Police.^[5]