I suspect I will have a lot of Gotcha!s in connection with LBS, but, for the moment, these articles are still amusing me. Such as the one by Christopher Jensen in today's Sydney Morning Herald about LA police harpoon fleeing cars. Something very cave man about it all, in spite of the high-tech.
The harpoon contains a device with a small global positioning system transmitter that will give the vehicle's location.
The department is looking at ways of reducing the number of dangerous, high-speed chases its officers are involved in. Last year there were 602 pursuits.
At a news conference announcing the tests, which will begin later this year, the LAPD police chief was asked whether Los Angeles had so many chases because of the large number of freeways and vehicles in California. No, he promptly, answered, it is because there were "so many nuts".
*puts hand on heart* I do solemnly swear to never ever speed again ... in LA anyway.
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