High speed chases: should the police continue them?

[Radar Chief]

It started with this.

http://www.kmbz.com/Driver-killed-af...chase/18166251
Posted: Monday, 13 January 2014 1:30PM

Driver killed after high-speed police chase

A police chase involving Independence police ended in a deadly wreck in Kansas City on Monday morning.

Kansas City police say Independence police had been involved in a high-speed chase with a silver vehicle, after an officer saw the car speeding. The officer reportedly ended the chase at 23rd and Wheeling Avenue, but came upon the wreck at 23rd and Hardesty. The suspect car had crashed into a second car just after 10:30 a.m. The driver of the second vehicle was killed and two passengers were seriously injured in the wreck.

The driver who was involved in the chase has been taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.

Listening to political talk radio it went from there to blaming the police for continuing to chase a guy that obviously wasn’t pulling over. Then this morning I see this article.

http://www.kmbz.com/pages/18171922.p...entId=14529141
Posted: Tuesday, 14 January 2014 4:54AM

Questions remain about the Independence police chase policy

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - A Kansas City attorney says Independence Police need to make some big changes.

Sean Pickett represented a family who lost it's teenage son struck, by a suspect in a chase along Noland Road in 2007. He says Independence Police have a reputation for high speed pursuits, even for minor infractions.

"A lot of it has to do historically with some of the crimes that they've been trying to fight over the years, but they still have to adapt crime enforcement to safety for the public. Which I don't think they've done a good job at," says Pickett.

Pickett says lots of Independence officers want the policy changed. The non-profit group, 'Pursuit Safety,' claims over 90% of police chases nationwide are for non-violent crimes and at least 35% end with crashes.

So what is the Planets take, should police continue chasing someone who’s only known crime is speeding or should they back off and let the chips fall where they may?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by philfree

I'm surprised there isn't a GPS chip installed in license plates by now. Or the inspection sticker. On new cars maybe the VIN plate has one in it. Or the keys! Don't need to chase them just track'em by satellite.

The problem then becomes, who was doing the actual driving?
Lets say you loan your rig to your crazy brother Earl so he can go to a "job interview", which has the whole family excited that he's actually looking for work so you can't say no.
While you're at home quietly eating Cheetos and watching porn your crazy brother Earl runs from the cops then returns your rig to your driveway saying nothing. Next day the cops come knocking on your door. What are you going to do, show them the cheese dust caked on your peen as proof you stayed home? How do they know you're not Iranian and that cheese dust isn''t 60 years old?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I dont think they should. I also dont think ppl should pull over on the side of the side of the hwy when they get nailed for speeding. That is a big accident waiting to happen.

If the police aren't allowed to do chases and you aren't allowed to pull over when you're caught speeding, then you're pretty much guaranteed to get away with speeding. I see through your evil plan.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

The problem then becomes, who was doing the actual driving?
Lets say you loan your rig to your crazy brother Earl so he can go to a "job interview", which has the whole family excited that he's actually looking for work so you can't say no.
While you're at home quietly eating Cheetos and watching porn your crazy brother Earl runs from the cops then returns your rig to your driveway saying nothing. Next day the cops come knocking on your door. What are you going to do, show them the cheese dust caked on your peen as proof you stayed home? How do they know you're not Iranian and that cheese dust isn''t 60 years old?

Well that would certainly be my first response....

[Dayze]

I was riding with a group of sportbikes a few years back, probably towards the middle of the pack. a trooper going the opposite way, banged a U turn in the median and lit up his lights. The entire group was probably going 100-ish way out on a state highway. Everyone but me and another dude just flat out took off. They were gone in the blink of an eye.. Me and the other dude pulled over (even though the cop was WAY back). Cop rolls up, and asks for our stuff etc.

He comes back from his car, and just hands us a warning and said "I'm giving you a warning because you two weren't dumb enough to run. Keep the speed down a bit. Have a nice day".

I was shocked. I knew he probably couldn't ping us specifically with is radar, but his 'professional judgement' I'm sure would've been sufficient in court.

[ptlyon]

What? No Buford T. Justice "I'm in hot pursuit" JPEG?

CP is slipping...

[Brock]

Won't be too much longer and they'll be able to shut your car off and this question will be moot.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

What? No Buford T. Justice "I'm in hot pursuit" JPEG?

CP is slipping...

don't play with yourself. Wouldn't look good on my highway.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Dayze

don't play with yourself. Wouldn't look good on my highway.

Remind me when we get home to slap yo mama

[Dayze]

that....was an attention getttaahh.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

The problem then becomes, who was doing the actual driving?
Lets say you loan your rig to your crazy brother Earl so he can go to a "job interview", which has the whole family excited that he's actually looking for work so you can't say no.
While you're at home quietly eating Cheetos and watching porn your crazy brother Earl runs from the cops then returns your rig to your driveway saying nothing. Next day the cops come knocking on your door. What are you going to do, show them the cheese dust caked on your peen as proof you stayed home? How do they know you're not Iranian and that cheese dust isn''t 60 years old?

Yeah but between the radio and cell phone and the address the GPS chip is registered to you could probably have a unit waiting at their house when the car arrived home. Of course you could just track them and follow at a distance and have other units head them off.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by philfree

Yeah but between the radio and cell phone and the address the GPS chip is registered to you could probably have a unit waiting at their house when the car arrived home. Of course you could just track them and follow at a distance and have other units head them off.

Like the old saying “you can’t outrun Motorola”.

[Hamwallet]

Yes, let's all have GPS on our property the cops can use. Next we can all get V chips installed under our skin.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Hamwallet

Yes, let's all have GPS on our property the cops can use. Next we can all get V chips installed under our skin.

Too late. What do you think the "flu vaccinations" are actually for?

[Pablo]

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=9308683

Interesting technology to cut down on the number of high speed chases. This may have been posted on here before or on reddit. I can't remember where I saw it.

[RippedmyFlesh]

Chasing someone doing 100 for most cops isn't "I am going to get that ****er" It is more like I have to get that crazy **** off the road before he kills someone.