Delta police Const. Jim Gravel demonstrates the department’s latest technology, StarChase, for Mayor Lois Jackson as well as members of the Delta police board and Delta Police Foundation. StarChase allows officers to tag a fleeing vehicle with a GPS tracking device. Police can then track a vehicle from a safe distance instead of initiating a potentially dangerous high speed chase. The department began looking at the technology last year after seeing an increase in the number of vehicles fleeing from police. Delta is the first department in Canada with the technology, which was purchased with the help of the Delta Police Foundation. The technology is currently being installed in eight police cars that will be dispatched throughout the municipality.
