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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.
*snip*
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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100MPH? Can't recall the speed getting that high on the video or in the evidence at the trial.
Surely you aren't using emotive numbers to try and back up your argument?
Anyway as for the radio part I've no idea whether or not he asked for assistance but I'll refer you to
post 285 in this thread which shows the video of the incident that I'd recommend you watch. In case you don't want to check the post I'll repost the highlights.
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He accelerates hard away up a hill to catch the vehicle. In these 20 seconds or so he has to (he is alone in the car so no neighbour to do it
* Continue driving
* Make ground on the vehicle
* Inform his control room he is pursuing a vehicle
* Decide whether to activate his lights and sirens which may alert the vehicle (still unsighted) he is after it any allow it to dive down a side street
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The video -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7990188.stm
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Originally Posted by martyh
i think that is the police policy ,to back away if the danger to the public is deemed to great
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It is.
That said the entire incident takes place over about 20 seconds. Either you don't spontaneously pursue vehicles or you accept pursuits may start and will go on for a bit before either the cop or the local control room stands it down.