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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. 
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For many years, it has been the requirement of all police drivers to carry out dynamic risk assessments when conducting a pursuit. As I said earlier, the driver of the subject vehicle was not evading capture, so therefore it appears there was little need for that speed.