Rather than a new thread.

Did anyone see the article in today's west regarding the new technology Police cars?

- Full Numberplate recognition system (Suspect this has been in trial for some time), via 4 sensors on each corner of the light bar on the roof.

- New 'Starchase system', Fitted to the front bumber of the car and "fires adhesive tracking devices at fleeing vehicles"

In addition to full 3G computer system for database connectivity (already in use)
Video camers (Possibly IP, for remote view back at base), front and rear.

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^^ Looks pretty crazy... yet it's still a commodore.. won't go around corners.

Is this going to be fitted to every police car?

Crazy amount of money if it is. Personally I don't think we have that many chases needing pew pew tracking bullets to be fired at cars or the need for automated numberplate scanning.

I'd rather the money go into pay rises for the cops or training more cops. Seems more like the cop cars will become rolling cash machines for the government.

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better yet buy a new Police Minister...you know one that actually has a clue and lives in the real world

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^^ this!

Oh and there is a video on perthnow of this new digital fortress on wheels.

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Personally I'd prefer them to be spending their time on the road scanning plates and booking unlicensed drivers and drivers of unregistered vehicles than spending their time hiding behind a bush nabbing people for 7km over.

I take it the plate scanning being in the light bar should be fairly straight forward to move to another vehicle when it comes time to be replaced. Sure it will cost a bomb to install initially but hopefully the system will outlast a couple of cars.

Tracking gun sounds like a bit of wank. How the hell is a Commonwhore going to get close enough to a fast car or bike to actually hit it without the projectile having to have enough weight and speed to be a major public safety issue.

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Could not agree with you more.

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On the news it said the fitout cost approx. 20K more then a standard cop car. I like the idea of the front and rear cameras but for 20k getting a video, numberplate recognition and a james bond GPS tracker is pretty shit.

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sorry to reference back in the thread, but i've had cops in both xr6s and bettys revving their engines next to me at the lights trying to instigate a drag and also had em tailgating or pulling along side me and accelerating/decelerating to entice me to race

when they tailgate and do the along side you thing, it's fkn intimidating. singling people out coz of the car they choose to drive (it's stock and near new, if it's such a fkn issue to have an sti why do they allow them to be sold in the first place??) is straight out discrimination in my book

James Bond tracker yes, would be interesting to see how it works in-field. But the camera recognition stuff would be quite good, and would work hand in hand with ..
worth the money i reckon, but it is scary-powerful technology.

I suspect that with the in-car technology, and the instant database lookups - There will soon be a hoon mark placed on people's numberplates within the database, which will also detect hoons cruising around.

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