frase
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My comment was merely meant in jest, you do not get Australian humor then. Apologies if it offends.
Do not run/evade police in Arkansas.
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Most country bashing I have seen in this thread appears in jest but yes no one needs to take it very seriously.
I will say to the video many of the instances of the tactics were done under suitable conditions but a handful were down with poor conditions such as one instance where the officer ended up on the other side in oncoming traffic. These tactics are valid but can often be too risky for innocent motor vehicles or pedestrians nearby and should be used with caution.
I will say to the video many of the instances of the tactics were done under suitable conditions but a handful were down with poor conditions such as one instance where the officer ended up on the other side in oncoming traffic. These tactics are valid but can often be too risky for innocent motor vehicles or pedestrians nearby and should be used with caution.
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Wasn't your comment...I chuckled at yours, mainly cuz of the whale comment...as I used to work at a maritime museum that had much focus on the whaling industry.
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Keep it, Aussy humor is awesome. XD No apology is required!
@YeOldeStonecat The number say high speed chases risk more lives than just letting the idiot be an idiot. Because now instead of 1 reckless vehicle, you have many.
You're not wrong about the PDs that seem incapable or unwilling to do the other things that actually work to stop such things. It's not like it's hard to get out a camera, record stupid things happening, then either follow the idiot home or run a plate and be waiting for him there.
But if your PD is like Mesa PD... they're "afraid" you see. That's why they're so gun happy. Everything is "scary" woooo.
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Yeah, about 25% of the fatalities from chases are innocent bystanders...the bad guys usually don't know how to drive high speed and ...they're a random missile! On the highways anyways
But the local small towns...those will never get up to high speeds. Example...those kids on dirt bikes stopping/halting/interrupting traffic, pulling wheelies, etc. PD should be allowed to chase them. With big snow plows on the front of their cruisers...mow 'em down!
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And when you stop chasing them, they tend to SLOW DOWN. Which corrects the missile problem. It's just a matter of keeping eyes on them until they stop. Which is why we have helicopters.
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Once the bad peeps/kids are out of site (like around the corner)...they're gone.
Helicopters...you watch too much TV....not a thing in 99.9% of American PDs.
Other Police to assist? The departments have been chopped down in numbers and spread too thin...very noticeable in small town America. "Can't outrun the radio" they say. Yeah..only if there are others nearby on the other end of the radio.
Helicopters...you watch too much TV....not a thing in 99.9% of American PDs.
Other Police to assist? The departments have been chopped down in numbers and spread too thin...very noticeable in small town America. "Can't outrun the radio" they say. Yeah..only if there are others nearby on the other end of the radio.
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