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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Well surely that depends on how dangerous the whole incident becomes and just what crime has been committed.Sometimes it must be a better policy of backing off and trying to calm the situation down so there is no danger to the public from a high speed car pursuit unless a crime of murder or armed robbery or kidnapping are involved.  |
i think that is the police policy ,to back away if the danger to the public is deemed to great ,in this case an error of judgement was made because the officer didn't expect to see a child crossing that road at that time of night ,and it must be appreciated that the whole incident took place in under 1/4 mile of road so it was a short burst of speed to catch up with the vehicle
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Originally Posted by Moldova
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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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.
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Moldova ..it WASN'T a housing estate