This is a reason to ban all hot pursuits unless there is a potential for violence against innocents. Adrenaline can knock out the reasoning parts of the brain.
“ This is a reason to ban all hot pursuits unless there is a potential for violence against innocents. Adrenaline can knock out the reasoning parts of the brain.”
Other cities have tried this. It leads to an increase of suspects fleeing from the police. They know they won’t be pursued.
We need to stop over reacting and realize that sh!t happens. There are 300 million Americans and bad things happen sometimes. Punish the cop involved and move on.
That is one of those ideas that make sense until you put more thought into it.
Remember that the Oklahoma bomber was caught in an ordinary traffic stop. Had he decided to run, that cop would have pursued him and a major crime would have been solved by a hero cop.
I read every day of a cop who made a stop, many times after a chase, and the result is a major crime solved.
I would bet that there are as many crimes solved by a traffic stop as by a Sherlock Holmes type resolution.