cyrnel

Prophet,

It's known as "The Motorola".

There's no universal answer and there are times pursuit is necessary, but this case could have been avoided with simple communication. They knew who she was, where she lived, and she had shown no imminent danger to herself or others. The better approach would have been to pick her up at home. It would eliminate the adrenaline response that has been proven to compromise judgement of both average citizens and trained officers.

As already mentioned, these unfortunate endings have already caused policy change at many police departments around the country. I suppose this is just another sad example that will help tune the system.

To be sure, I'm not defending her actions in any way.