OAK BROOK, Ill. (WGN) — Police in Oak Brook are getting a new tool to stop high speeds in their suburb. Police officials are outfitting squad cars with a device called the “Grappler,” which attaches ...

The most iconic car chases in movie history are both thrilling and fun, thanks to crazy stunts and hard-hitting collisions. But in reality, they're dangerous for everyone involved, and can not only ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Just days after launching its new Grappler program, the Garden City Police Department says it has already safely stopped a vehicle without injuries. The Grappler is “a ...

If you're going to break the speed limit—which, for the record, we can't condone—it's probably not a good idea to take a video of yourself in the process. Yet the driver of a C8-generation Chevy ...

Police officers used a vehicle "grappling" device to stop a stolen vehicle in Livonia this week, ripping the rear axle off the stolen vehicle in the process. At approximately 7:25 a.m. Thursday, Aug.

The chase marked the first successful field deployment of the device and possibly the first successful use in all of ...

Grapplers are supposed to give cops a safer, more controlled and less destructive way to end a chase than sending a fleeing driver into the scenery with a PIT maneuver. However, as one Chevy sedan ...

An 18-year-old driver was arrested in Monon, Wisconsin, following a high-speed chase. Police officers, however, used a grappler for the first time to stop the fleeing vehicle in its tracks, which is ...

LIVONIA, Mich. -- The Livonia Police Department has released dashcam footage of its successful effort to stop a stolen car Thursday on Interstate 96. As shown by the above video, the entire rear axle ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Hollywood police recently used a specialized vehicle-stopping device known as a “Grappler” to make an arrest in an attempted homicide investigation, authorities said. Police released ...

California is famous for its high-speed chases, both real and fake. One of my favorite fictional ones: Sean Connery absolutely tearing through San Francisco in a Humvee in the 1996 blockbuster “The ...