The Grappler Deployed

Suburban Oak Brook is trying out a new tool:

• It took multiple police departments and multiple efforts, but law enforcement in the suburbs finally stopped a moving van that fled from officers this week.

  Oak Brook police successfully deployed their "grappler" device to stop the van.

  The device uses a bumper mounted net and tether to stop a vehicle.

  The chase happened on the southbound Tri-State Tollway on Monday night, police said.

There are some videos out there where the physics involved end up tearing the entire rear axle assembly off of the fleeing vehicle, which is hilarious....and effective.

It also means you'll never see anything like this in Chicago.