UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/13/uk-police-ghostbusters-style-backpack-devices-ebike-getaways

by Fox_9810

14 comments
  1. Hoping the impact of these on pacemakers has been thoroughly reviewed

  2. “Could”

    Meanwhile,bikes,scooters etc are making street crime much easier

  3. The sooner someone invents a targetable EMP device, the better.

  4. There’s a gap between bicycles and motorbikes that ebikes/escooters sit in where they’re too fast to chase down on foot and too nimble to catch with a car (and even motorbike if they dart down lanes).

    Having a more effective way of apprehending them is needed, so I’m glad they’re testing out solutions.

  5. They will still be able to pedal? So this won’t work at all?

  6. You’d have thought they’d have more urgent need for these in Ukraine, what with the drones and all.

  7. Have the police heard of a thing called pedals that all bikes have?

  8. So, firing off EMPs is acceptable as long as your the police? what happens to other sensitive electronic devices like receivers on phones, radios and electric cars motors. Not to mention you can just update the firmware on the ESC to ignore this if it does not actually physically damage the electronics.

    edit

    Also why did i get a reddit cares for this?

  9. If there’s eBike thieves

    In your neighbourhood

    Who you gonna call?

    Bikebusters!

  10. Some years off. Even then I have to imagine a roll out of these would be like armed response where only a limited number of officers have the additional training

    Its still interesting though.. also GB one of my favourite films 🙂

  11. Let’s hope there aren’t two officers armed with these; if they cross streams we get total protonic reversal (or destruction at the cellular level) and as we know that’s bad.

  12. Why should anyone commit crime in the first place and try to get away from it? Reality is that people will commit crime and there are many Redditor’s under hidden accounts encouraging such behaviour which is the sad part.

  13. “Good news! We got your phone back! Bad news, it’s been bricked by an EMP”

  14. No chance we are getting these. Maybe a few gimmick ones in London for a photo op for some MPs but no chance the rest of the UK will ever get these. Barely get the basics never mind this kind of kit.

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