More than 200 Seattle police patrol cars will now have a new tool to stop those fleeing from the law -- spike strips. Called Stop Sticks, the devices have spikes that deflate tires, causing them ...

Lt. Phil Thede demonstrates how to throw a set of Stop Sticks outside Nebraska State Patrol Troop C headquarters in Grand Island. The three-segment spike strips, which are used to stop vehicles by ...

CUMBERLAND, Ind. — The Cumberland Metropolitan Police Department is officially the first in Indiana with a new way to ...

Stop Sticks are comprised of four 3-foot triangular segments with spikes that are connected and can be placed across a road. When a vehicle hits the strip, it injects metal tubes into the tires ...

The price varies between $300 and $400, while spike strips could cost about $500. However, Stop Sticks still carry the main safety disadvantage that spike strips did, according to an April 2010 ...

Richmond and Aiken County sheriff’s offices rely on Stop Sticks, a long triangular strip of foam-like material with needle-like spikes embedded in foam-like material. The strip isthrown across ...

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World The Lawrence Police Department recently purchased Stop Stick spike strips for 42 of its patrol vehicles. The new strips are inserted into a plastic sleeve that ...

Dallas police are banning spike strips out of concern that an officer may be hurt or killed while ... stop sticks may be phased out throughout all of law enforcement,” Fort Worth police ...

Our testing revealed that running over spike strips in real life is nothing like what you imagine. ... Within its waterproof Pelican case are 10 Stop Sticks, ...

Stop Sticks, from Stop Tech Ltd., are a strip of spikes encased in plastic. Officers toss them onto the roadway in an effort to flatten tires on a speeding, fleeing car as it goes by.

Many saying it is one of the most effective tools to stop a pursuit. The Le Claire Police Chief, Shane Themas, says in high-speed situations spike strips, will slow down a suspect almost immediately.

Dallas police are banning spike strips out of concern that an officer may be hurt or killed while trying to use the devices. There's an increasing awareness that such tire-deflation devices, once ...