...and if public safety officials need to stop a speeding boat, they will now be armed with a $20,370 Running Gear Entanglement System. We get the reassuring news that federal Homeland Security funding will buy San Francisco a net-accessorized-$1.1M twin-engine catamaran to better secure the area around the Golden Gate Bridge and respond to emergencies in the bay. Plus more cool stuff as we prepare for the 34th America's Cup Race. Seriously, the boat must be a beauty, and we'd love to see some test-deployment of that net. [SF Examiner]
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