Posted on 11/09/2013 7:56:44 AM PST by Rusty0604
The thing about these shootings is that so many take place after the danger is over. Like the unarmed woman in DC, the car was stopped when they slaughtered her.
You may be correct, and those who did the investigation agree with you. I would like to see a more proactive involvement of the court system in these incidents so that the opinion of some police board and the local prosecutor are not the final judge. Shooting is a last resort action that ought to be tempered by the rule of law.
Look, a solution!
Police Shoot Cars With GPS Tags to Reduce High-Speed Chases
To reduce the need for dangerous, high-speed car chases, police across the country are discreetly shooting GPS tags onto vehicles attempting to flee. The suspects’ whereabouts are then plotted on a digital map so officers can cut them off, follow them home, or watch them from a safe distance.
Officers who remain where they are rather than joining the pursuit can, for example, cut off suspects across town and throw down spike strips, stopping the suspect without a chase. Or an officer can follow the suspect home and issue a sobriety test or arrest him on the spot. The GPS tag can relay information back to dispatch for days; officers deactivate it when they choose. Plus, all of the tracking data can be downloaded and used as evidence in a court of law.
And none of this requires a warrant. That’s because, unlike other GPS units, which are hidden underneath cars, StarChase is in plain sight. Fischbach says his is the only GPS system law enforcement can use without a warrant.
Too bad so many people ignore it.
From the article; Trevor Fischbach, president of Virginia Beach, Va.-based StarChase, declined to comment on how much force the projectiles exert when leaving the compressed-air unit but says they are not deadly to people when used as intended.
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I’ll be interested to see how many police departments try this and how it turns out.
I will too. Of course the perps will find out about it and just abandon the vehicle for another.
Don't get complicated! The guy broke the law. Therefor - JUSTIFIED! Now, bill the parents for the bullets./SARC
I guess the logic is "He was a threat a minute ago. He's not now, but he should still be summarily executed."
I really hope we don’t get to a Judge Dredd kind of place in this country
“summary execution “
If you knew what the phrase meant you wouldn’t have said that. Summary execution is execution after apprehension. That kid wasn’t apprehended, he was attempting to continue his rampage. How do you expect cops to stop a motorized vehicle when the driver is determined to not be stopped? You stop the driver. They did.
If you don’t want to get killed then don’t drive dangerously through the streets and refuse to stop doing it. You had better hope the cops get to you first. You do that around me I’ll probably stop you the same way they did.
God complex.
Good point.
Does a person who has been evading police in a vehicle become less dangerous when the vehicle is stopped?
http://www.today.com/news/shot-face-cop-chases-suspect-giving-not-option-8C11504098
is that person unarmed?
The cop found out too late that the perp was armed. Evidently he hadn't even attempted to ram her vehicle or endanger other people with erratic driving.
Does a person who has been evading police in a vehicle become less dangerous when the vehicle is stopped?
Do you know what "communicating a threat" means. Even on an anonymous forum, you ought to be very careful about using words like this. It's not really anonymous, you know.
I know that made you feel like you took the high road but it really just made you sound high. You speak English but it seems you don’t really know English, so allow me to educate you that threat is an unwarranted statement of harm but in no way did my quoted comment make such a threat.
Now, go be a drama queen someplace else. You’re bothering the adults.
Thank you to the officers involved good job.
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