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GPS darts help stop high-speed police pursuit

The agency got the StarChase dart system through a grant last year

By Tara Molina
CBS 5

CLEVELAND — Darts armed with GPS technology are changing the way police and sheriff’s departments chase criminals who run.

A sheriff’s department in Toledo used them just last week when a man pulled a gun on a deputy and then drove off. The GPS dart led to that man’s arrest.

Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp told News 5 they got the StarChase dart system through a grant last year.

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