Don't Believe the Hype
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  1. #1
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    Don't Believe the Hype

    It would seem as though the hype of our nation's televised vehicle chases has glamourized the idea of not only chasing, but more importantly and disturbingly, the fleeing of hardened and sometimes novice criminals. These chases happen all the time and rarely end with positive results. More often than not, somebody gets hurt or killed and it is often the un-suspecting citizen who ends up the victim. Don't believe the hype. It is not all what you think it is unless you arre a cop and have been behind the wheel during a chase. Tunnel vision, audible sensory deprivation and a whole lot of other physiological effects take place, all the while we are to maintain continuous communications with dispatch, our fellow officers and keep the damn car on the road...lot's to think about...Next time, change the channel. If the bad guy thinks that nobody is watching then perhaps he will think twice about fleeing.

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    What are you talking about???? Pursuits are dangerous, but the stats don't hold out. The majority of pursuits do not end in accidents. The ones that do are mostly single (suspect) vehicle accidents. When people get hurt it is usually the suspect and/or the cops. Civilians do get hurt and rarely, some killed. Deaths are a very small percentage. Limiting pursuits to a combonations of traffic conditions, weather, time of day, location (street vs highway) and the need to apprehend. Enforce the common sense rule and punish the knuckle draggers that can't seem to keep to policy! But first you have to get serious with suspects who flee and put an enhancement to sentencing and mandatory jail time at the very least. Stop blaming us and put the blame where it belongs!!!!

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