LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Lynnwood police used a GPS tracking dart to apprehend a suspected car thief earlier this month, avoiding a high-speed pursuit.
The arrest, made on April 20, came after a carjacking victim reported his Nissan Pathfinder had been stolen from an auto parts store parking lot. Rather than chase the fleeing vehicle, officers deployed a device called StarChase that uses a compressed-air cannon to fire a GPS tracking dart coated in high-strength adhesive onto a suspect’s vehicle.
“StarChase is something we brought forward as a tool to reduce the amount of pursuits that were occurring,” said Lynnwood Police Commander Joe Dickinson…