Originally Posted by Flyboy

What utter tosh. Are you seriously suggesting that police officers have carte blanche to put the public at risk, that they have some sort of "get out of jail free" card? The "risks" you speak of are totally unacceptable, in any walk of life. The police are not there to put the public's lives in danger, irrespective of the goal. This was not some master criminal he was chasing, it was someone whose car had been flagged by his ANPR, ( I do not know why, perhaps someone could enlighten me) and he decided that his speed was more important than the protection of the public, his highest priority. It seems that the judge and jury agreed, that is why he is in prison.



well every time you get into a car you risk killing pedestrians but you deem it an acceptible risk ,don't you and i assume you stick ridgedly to the speed limit but then you aren't trying catching criminals

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So let me ask you, is driving at speeds, close to one hundred miles per hour, in a residential area, at night, an acceptable risk to take? Bear in mind the result of this driver's actions.


yes it is imo , high speed driving happens all the time in that area because it is a high crime area ,lots of car crime ,drunk teenagers ,beatings ,muggings ect

Are you suggesting that I do not have the right to have an opinion, because I am not a police officer?


of course you have as we have the right to disagree with them

Has anything that I have written here contradicted the ACPO guidelines on pursuits? What are the guidelines police officers have to follow when driving at speeds in excess of the prescribed limits?