Thread: This one's going down
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Old 23-12-2009, 21:09   #405
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Re: This one's going down
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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
Moldova,police officers make on the spot judgement calls every day of the week at all times of the day if this incident had happened in the day time i doubt very much the officer would have driven like that ,the fact that it was almost midnight on a main road (not a housing estate as you say )he probably wouldn't expect to see a schoolgirl crossing the road so he made a descision and got it wrong ,it's a very easy thing to do ,you could do it ,i could do it, anyone could do it and that is not just limited to drivers ,scaffolders,electricians ,airplane mechanics most jobs involve some risk to peoples lives if not done 100%correct 100%of the time it does not mean that they should be hung ,drawn and quartered by people who think they are beyond fault
What has the fact that she was a schoolgirl and that it was at night have anything to do with her getting killed. How different would it have been, if she had been sober and thirty years old. This person was not pursuing someone who as refusing to stop, he didn't bother making his presence known, as is prescribed by the regulations he works under and he was driving too fast; faster than many officers knows not to go in the circumstances. This is why he is in jail. He had a total disregard for the safety of the public and this is what caused the death of a child.

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Originally Posted by Derek S View Post
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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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
but modova the drivers innocence could not be verified until he had been stopped because the computer was out of date and the officer didn't know that so the officer was pursuing a stolen car
The other car's driver was not evading the officer, so there was no need for a high speed pursuit.
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