By Robert Cronkleton, The Kansas City Star
Two videos of pursuits from Independence police dashcams captured moments that might be more common in spy movies.
In both instances, a patrol car moves close behind a fleeing vehicle and fires a GPS tagging device that sticks to the fleeing vehicle, allowing police to track it.
The officers end what would have been a high-speed pursuit and dispatchers track the car, allowing police to apprehended the person later when it’s safer.
“We know that at the end of the day, our job is to catch the bad guys, but also safety is a big thing,” said Officer John Syme, a spokesman for the Independence Police Department. “We feel that using a technology like this is going to help us be better at what we do because a lot of our pursuits will discontinue if they get too dangerous.”
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