Feds consider equipping cops with engine shutdown devices

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Feds consider equipping cops with engine shutdown devices

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03-03-2008

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Feds consider equipping cops with engine shutdown devices

Trucking News newsbot Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,260	Officials with the Department of Homeland Security are pondering new technology that would allow officers to slow and stop vehicles' engines with remote control devices in patrol cars. The devices would send pulses of radiation microwaves to disable engine parts run by microprocessors. More...

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