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Originally Posted by Surf n Turf
JJ_BPK,
"because of the police initiated high-speed car chase that caused the crash" ]
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I agree with everything you have said thus far, SnT, with the exception of this sentence. My thoughts are different. I think a chase initiated is because someone fails to pull over when signaled. The driver failing to pull over is responsible for the chase and not the PD. I think if we blame the PD for chases all wanted fugitives have to do is drive over X and they know they won't be followed.
I booked in a guy not long ago because a deputy saw him driving without his headlights on and attempted to pull him over. The guy fled but was apprehended. They found a woman duck taped and rope tied in his car. She was his third victim. They had no leads and no descriptions. Headlights broke the case.
These are my thoughts. Now I have spent much of my adult life working in corrections. Therefore, 8 hours per day is listening to convicted felons talk about these kind of things. So that is the prism I see this type of problem through.
Just my .02 cents.