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High speed police chases

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someone gets hurt? I mean, the guy being chased is trying to get away, he most likely won't have anything. If a bystander gets hurt or killed, who pays for his damages? Will the cops?

I say, we shouldn't have high speed chases. If the guy doesn't stop when the sirens flash, send in the chopper and direct other cops to cut him off at the pass or corner him, but there shouldn't be any need to chase him down at high speeds and risk killing innicent people. Should there?
 
Suspect is at fault.
send in the chopper and direct other cops to cut him off at the pass or corner him
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And then what if they can't because they didn't get there in time - keep sending the chopper? Are you going to have a chopper for every speeder, who now realizes that without a chopper all he has to do is get up to 90 mph and he's fine?
 
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
I say, we shouldn't have high speed chases. If the guy doesn't stop when the sirens flash, send in the chopper and direct other cops to cut him off at the pass or corner him, but there shouldn't be any need to chase him down at high speeds and risk killing innicent people. Should there?
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No every police department can afford helicopters. Furthermore, implementing your solution would only lead to more people running from the police.
 
I say we make everyone ride bikes. That way, people won't be fat anymore, and we don't have to worry about high speed chases. :roll:
 
If somebody gets hurt due to the police chasing someone who wouldn't stop, then let the person who wouldn't stop be responsible. That's the person who created the situation.

Saying that the cops shouldn't chase anyone is only going to encourage people to bolt.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
If somebody gets hurt due to the police chasing someone who wouldn't stop, then let the person who wouldn't stop be responsible. That's the person who created the situation. Saying that the cops shouldn't chase anyone is only going to encourage people to bolt.
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I agree!

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I agree, if you run then the cops should come get you.

C.Rock "And we all know, if the cops have to come get ya, they are bringing a azz wooping with them..." 🙂
 
One way to deter flight is to seriously increase the penalties for running from the police.

I'm not necessarily talking jail time, either. House-arrest, lost of driver's license, huge fines. Jail time too if needed.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
If somebody gets hurt due to the police chasing someone who wouldn't stop, then let the person who wouldn't stop be responsible. That's the person who created the situation.

Saying that the cops shouldn't chase anyone is only going to encourage people to bolt.
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Your assumption is that the people running has the money to pay for the bills. In most cases they don't have anything. Who pays then?
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Suspect is at fault.
send in the chopper and direct other cops to cut him off at the pass or corner him
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And then what if they can't because they didn't get there in time - keep sending the chopper? Are you going to have a chopper for every speeder, who now realizes that without a chopper all he has to do is get up to 90 mph and he's fine?
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So weigh it. Which is more, the safety of bystanders or capture of one criminal? If he's caught for a small crime and has the money, he can be made to pay for the cost of putting the chopper in the air.
 
Originally posted by: Ime
One way to deter flight is to seriously increase the penalties for running from the police.



I'm not necessarily talking jail time, either. House-arrest, lost of driver's license, huge fines. Jail time too if needed.
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I like that idea. If you run from the police, then are caught, its 50 years to life. That'll stop the running.
 
the suspect is at fault, but good luck in getting anything. who pays then? the innocent bystander in terms of dollars, injuries or their life.
 
I personnally think that if a fugitive is putting others in immediate & severe risk the police should be able to use lethal force to stop them. What's the difference between running an intersection @ 100 mph andpointing a gun at somebody, pulling the trigger, and missing? In the second case, the cops would be authorized to take the guy out, why not the first?
 
Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I say we make everyone ride bikes. That way, people won't be fat anymore, and we don't have to worry about high speed chases. :roll:
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i've seen fat cops on bikes.
 
Originally posted by: white
the suspect is at fault, but good luck in getting anything. who pays then? the innocent bystander in terms of dollars, injuries or their life.
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I think there's no fundamental difference between a criminal taking hostages and a criminal using a 2-3 ton weapon and putting anyone in his way in danger. Its like using your car as the weapon and the people around as hostages.

Don't chase and the people won't get hurt.
 
considering what happend in tucson last night...2 young high school girls ran and 1 ended up dead http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/thu.html...there is a problem with the system and cops do just need to give up or have at least a cool tracking gun like batman has or something like that to make sure even if people do run theres a way to track em down. Everyone can be caught sooner or later...the police chase is just a means to make the police dept get media attention i think...
 
My idea is this:

If they run, deploy a chopper, allow our swat teams to man the choppers. If there are no hostages then the swat should procced to perfect their method spraying bullets into the driver. The chases will quickly become unnecessary, and you will see a decrease in people who run from police. Plus if it is done in a less populated there is virtually no chance of innocent bystanders being injured.
 
Originally posted by: Yossarian451
My idea is this:

If they run, deploy a chopper, allow our swat teams to man the choppers. If there are no hostages then the swat should procced to perfect their method spraying bullets into the driver. The chases will quickly become unnecessary, and you will see a decrease in people who run from police. Plus if it is done in a less populated there is virtually no chance of innocent bystanders being injured.
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Heil Yossarian!
 
Originally posted by: Drakkon Everyone can be caught sooner or later...the police chase is just a means to make the police dept get media attention i think...
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Holy crap. I cant believe you just said that...the media chooses to cover those because the public LOVES it. It's not like the police contact the media because there is a high speed chase...your stupidity astounds me.
 
Originally posted by: Yossarian451
My idea is this:

If they run, deploy a chopper, allow our swat teams to man the choppers. If there are no hostages then the swat should procced to perfect their method spraying bullets into the driver. The chases will quickly become unnecessary, and you will see a decrease in people who run from police. Plus if it is done in a less populated there is virtually no chance of innocent bystanders being injured.
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sounds good to me
 
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Originally posted by: white
the suspect is at fault, but good luck in getting anything. who pays then? the innocent bystander in terms of dollars, injuries or their life.
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I think there's no fundamental difference between a criminal taking hostages and a criminal using a 2-3 ton weapon and putting anyone in his way in danger. Its like using your car as the weapon and the people around as hostages.

Don't chase and the people won't get hurt.
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That's retarded. A helicoptor chases him. You say have police cars barracade him. Do you even realize how hard it is to box someone in? Maybe your podunk, USA town has two streets in it, but that's impossible in a city with more than 2 streets. You have unrealistic expectations as to how the cops should do their job.
 
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