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Originally Posted by Derek S
Sadly they dropped the 100% perfect hindsight requirement a few years back.
At the time of the incident the officer involved thought the vehicle was stolen.
So for a third time.
Do you think the police should pursue drivers of stolen vehicles who may fail to stop?
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Through a housing estate at speeds up 100MPH without any warning to potential pedestrians who may not be aware of the fast approaching vehicle I would say not in those circumstances as the is a chance an incident such as this may occur.
He had a radio and could have radioed for assistance gave the registration and just reversed direction and followed the driver out of the estate and then attempted to stop him which then would not have ended in a fatality.
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Originally Posted by martyh
but modova the drivers innocence could not be verified until he had been stopped because the computer was out of date and the officer didn't know that so the officer was pursuing a stolen car
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No reason to pursue at such a high speed through a residential area especially as he could have used his radio to call for assistance.