Crime & Safety
SMC Police Use GPS Tracking To Find Teen Suspect Who Fled: Police
A teen driver fled from officers at a high rate of speed and rather than chase them, police used a tracking device.
SAN BRUNO, CA — Officers in San Bruno used a GPS tracking device to find a teen who sped away from police Thursday, police said.
On Thursday morning, San Bruno Police Department officers said they attempted to pull over a car near El Camino Real and Euclid Avenue. The teen driver fled at a high speed away from officers, police said.
SBPD deployed a StarChase GPS tracking device, which uses a launcher equipped with two GPS tags per vehicle. The tracking device allowed officers to back off the pursuit while still monitoring the suspect's every move, police said.
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Police found the car using the tracking device and deployed spike strips. The suspect continued driving into Oakland where it crashed due to its flattened tires, police said.
The driver, a 16-year-old from Oakland, was arrested and booked into Hillcrest Juvenile Detention Facility.
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The car turned out to be stolen and had license plates that didn’t belong to it.
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