BigGov

The thing is, most police officers have a good deal more training than the average criminal. You don't see many people like Dale Earnhardt trying to outrun the police because they realize the risks and they know it's not worth it.

If you come out of a store and see someone obviously trying to break into your car and you smack them upside the head and push them away, you'd have to find a pretty conviction happy judge and police precinct to even be charged with anything. See, if the "suspect" hadn't tried breaking into your car in the first place, you would not have smacked him or pushed him. In civil court you might pay, but not in criminal court.

Except that's two iffy articles in two years. I'm talking nationwide utter shock.

The second article explains it best:

""If it is too dangerous for the offense that occurred, then it will be called off," Gazzola said.

The police in White Plains and Yonkers said that, in general, their policy is to avoid chases.

"Our unwritten rule is that we don't pursue, unless it's a major, serious crime," White Plains Inspector Daniel Jackson said. "The tour commander can call off a pursuit at any time. We try to get the license-plate number and pick them up later. With the congested downtown areas we have, you have to constantly weigh the public's safety."

Yonkers Police Chief Charles Gardner said that, while "there are circumstances when we find pursuits are necessary, it's our policy to avoid pursuits."

Like most departments, Yonkers officers normally give chase only if there is a hit-and-run accident with injuries, if there are indications that a driver is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or if a serious offense is involved and the suspect may imperil public safety if not stopped. The policy prohibits motorcycle officers from joining pursuits and says marked police cars must have lights and sirens activated.

"The superior officer has an obligation to monitor the activity," the chief said, adding that a supervisor must approve Yonkers officers leaving the city's limits before that action is taken. "If they feel it's getting too dangerous, they'll say to terminate the chase. It's just not worth it." "

Do you expect police officers to let those under the influence to keep driving and just pray they don't hurt anyone? Do you expect police officers to let the "suspect" of a hit and run go in a possible stolen car? A large majority of the police stations across the United States don't have the funds to get helicopters to stop high speed chases, so what are they to do? Let the criminals get away if they go fast enough?

Now this really pissed me off...Not because of what you said...not because of what this guy said...no, because it crashed by browser after I typed out this entire reply. Twice.

So, without reading it, I will reply:

I hate to get grammatical on you but...it's not the perspective of the police and the government, it's the perspective of one police chief. Out of all the police chiefs in the nation, you can find one that thinks Hitler is the greatest person that ever lived.

Yes, high speed chases are dangerous despite the training police officers get. It's a dangerous job, they knew that when they signed up. It's a part of our society, someone has to put their life on the line to stop the criminals.

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