The St. Petersburg Police Department is the first agency in Florida to get some cutting edge 'James Bond' like technology aimed at reducing high speed pursuits.

"We are willing at the police department to try something new," said Asst. Chief Melanie Bevan.

The StarChase system contains a miniature GPS tracker encased in a sticky module that can be launched from a police cruiser grill onto the fleeing vehicle. That allows the officer to stop the pursuit and track the vehicle in near real-time on a digital road map.

"A lot of times we have to let vehicles go," said officer Jenna Price. "At least now we’ll be able to shoot the round out and see where they go to and hopefully, eventually, catch the people who flee from us."

Since 2012, there's been 39 pursuits in St. Petersburg that caused $91,850 worth of property damage, killed two fleeing and injured 9 citizens who were not involved in the chase, according to SPPD records. Police hope the new system will reduce the dangers and risk associated with high speed pursuits.

"No more fast chase pursuits," Price said. "You’ll be able to let the vehicle cool down, go back to driving normally, normal speeds, and just kind of follow the vehicle on a map while staying a safe distance away.”

That's something resident Nonieka Forte said she supports. In July of 2012, a high speed chase that began in Gulfport, ended with a PSTA bus crashing into Forte's apartment in St. Petersburg that destroyed her porch.

"I was without a porch for a long time. As a result, rain leaked into my apartment," Nonieka said. "Them implementing that GPS module would really reduce the high speed chases. I think that’s a great idea."

Police demonstrated the GPS launcher on Friday and less than half the modules stuck. Bevan said the system was installed the day before and 25 out of 25 stuck. The department is still working out the bugs.

"We’re in the evaluation stage," she said. "If it works, we think we’ve added a very valuable tool to our tool chest. If it doesn’t, then we go back and try to find something better.”

Bevan said StarChase and a federal grant are paying for the entire system.

“I think one of the reasons we were chosen is because we are a large city, we’re a progressive city and we’re willing to try,” said Bevan.

Each module costs $250 and 20 officers are being trained to use it.