Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Yea say that when the cops call you up.
"Yea we kinda found your stolen car, but after we tried to stop them they juts keep going so we gave up."
Or how about....
"Yea we found your wifes body, bad part was it was found in a car that we tried to pull over but they ran and we just stopped cahsing. Of course our med. examiner says she was still alive when we tried to pull that guy, who is on the loose and we have no leads, over and stop him."
Then people will be calling the police lazy or saying they don;t care. Or someone will sue saying they did not do their job. So either way they look bad. And right now I rather them chase.
When my car was stolen, the police refused to investigate even though it was found without an engine, transmission, or interior (they had put it on 4 donut spares to roll it), so it presumably could not have been stripped far from its location, and likely was covered with prints. I was a little surprised, but I think that is SOP for car theft - generally this is not a priority for police departments (in my case it was the Oklahoma City Police).
Your second scenario involves a fleeing violent felon, which as I said before is a different category in terms of priorities.
How's this for a scenario? "Sir, we're sorry to inform you that your daughter Sally is dead. She was playing on the sidewalk with some friends, but she was hit by a patrol car that was pursuing a person suspected of running a red light. You can feel a little better in that she was killed instantly." Is that more appetizing to you?
