This is a stupid question I'm sure, but is there no kind of device nowadays that would disable a vehicle's electronics and thus immobilize it? I'm thinking something like a tazer for a car that would fry enough stuff to kill it. Dumb?
On star can immobilize a vehicle.
I think that is only for GM vehicles, but I could be wrong.
I didn’t mean to suggest the officers should have been shooting in this case. They could’ve done a much better job of keeping him blocked in in this situation. Shooting would’ve definitely been a bad idea with the subjects vehicle being surrounded.
That is true. Although my F-250 is capable of being started, stopped, doors locked or unlocked via the internet. It tells me the tire pressure, cabin temp and a host of other data via an app over the internet.
I wouldn’t be surprised that LEO doesn’t have that capability.
I have all of that turned off on our truck.
I don't see that there was ever a need to consider firing a shot. I DO believe that all they needed to do when they had the suspect blocked in was to tighten the noose! They had him blocked in! Just close the snare!
No one knows for sure till someone sees one and even then it could be a toy or airsoft.
I’ve seen some demonstrated on shows like Modern Marvels, but I don’t think they ever made it past the experimental stages. They were designed to be mounted on the front of the police cars and shoot from the grill guard but you had to get close enough to the fleeing vehicle for it to strike, penetrate the metal and activate.
