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Originally Posted by martyh
That's the problem though ,acting irresponsibly can be very subjective and leave emergency drivers wondering if they speed to a heart attack or a bomb threat will they get prosecuted if a pedestrian gets in the way .That's what happened to PC Dougal ,he responded to a ANPR event hit a girl and got sent to prison .Turned out that the ANPR was at fault but he still got sent to prison for basically doing his job
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No. He was sent to prison because he killed someone whilst doing 94mph without blue lights and siren. If that's not irresponsible I don't know what is.
What's more, this wasn't even a life or death scenario. Just a suspect car. The fact that the ANPR was faulty is neither here nor there. He needlessly put lives at risk, and someone died. I think time in jail is more than warranted in this case.