The technology has become popular among Washington police as an alternative to engaging in high-risk pursuits.

The man was taken into custody and charged with fleeing to elude, intent to deliver and a revoked driver's license.

Nelson Brown of Rockford is charged with aggravated fleeing to elude, possession with intent to deliver cannabis and revoked driver’s license. Just after 10 p.m. April 1, Rockford police saw a vehicle ...

Police used their new StarChase technology, stop sticks, and a K-9 to find and arrest Brown. Just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, Rockford Police officers saw a car near 16th Ave. that they had tried to ...

Rockford Police used their new GPS tracking launchers to apprehend Nelson Brown, 28, a suspect who fled from them twice.

In Chicago's search for new technology to assist police and paramedics, plans proposed by companies across the country run ...

StarChase is a company based out of Virginia, and is not a gunshot detection company. Rather, it launches "GPS trackers" to suspect vehicles for "short-term surveillance." A proposal from the ...

StarChase devices help officers "tag" a vehicle and track it using GPS in an effort to prevent dangerous chases that could end in crashes and affect other drivers.