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Chicago cops no longer permitted to chase suspects on foot for some offenses
The Post Millennial ^ | Jun 11, 2021 | Hannah Nightingale

Posted on 06/15/2021 2:44:03 PM PDT by george76

Foot pursuits are to be discontinued for reasons including the officer believing they wouldn’t be able to control the suspect in the case of a confrontation.

Chicago police will be adopting a new foot chase police that looks to limit when an officer can engage in the tactic. This comes after two cases of police killing someone they were in pursuit of on foot.

The new policy, which goes into effect on June 11, prohibits foot chases in connection to minor traffic offenses or for criminal offenses less than a Class A misdemeanor, "unless the person poses an obvious threat to the community or any person," according to USA Today.

The policy says that foot pursuits are now "appropriate only when there is probable cause for an arrest or it is believed an individual has committed, is committing or is about to commit a crime."

Foot pursuits are to be discontinued if someone requires medical attention, if the officer loses the suspect’s location, if the officer believes they wouldn’t be able to control the suspect in the case of a confrontation, and "if the need to apprehend the subject is not worth the risk to responding officers, the public or the subject."

Supervisors are allowed to issue the command to discontinue a chase at any time, and must report foot pursuits to the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.

The policy also "ensures" that body cameras remain on for the entirety of the incident.

"The important parameters outlined in this policy will not only protect our officers, the public and potential suspects during foot pursuits, but it also serves as a step forward in our mission to modernize and reform our police department," said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

The Chicago Police Department will continue to host internal focus groups as they finalize and revise the new police, said Police Superintendent David Brown. The final version of the police is expected by September.

The public will be able to ask questions regarding the policy at a live virtual webinar on Tuesday.

The policy change comes after 13-year-old Adam Toledo, and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez were killed in two separate incidents earlier this spring, sparking mass protests.

Toledo was shot by an officer on March 29 after the officer chased him down a West Side alley.

Alvarez was shot while running from police on the Northwest side, with police shooting him multiple times in the back.

"Because foot pursuits are one of the most dangerous actions that police officers can engage in, we cannot afford to wait any longer to put a policy in place that regulates them," said Lightfoot.


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To: Mark was here

How they gonna chase anyone? the young punks run like a deer and the cops eat too many donuts.


21 posted on 06/15/2021 3:21:41 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: george76

The donut lobby is very, very powerful.


22 posted on 06/15/2021 3:25:47 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Attention! All persons having the corona virus...please report to the nearest IRS office. Thank you.)
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To: george76

Hank Voight isn’t going to like that…


23 posted on 06/15/2021 3:27:12 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (“Never let a good pandemic go to waste”, Josef Fauci)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It does not matter if the catch them anyways, the citizens of Chicago elect prosecutors who don’t care about prosecuting.


24 posted on 06/15/2021 3:30:26 PM PDT by Mark was here (Say what you will about Kamala Harris, she certainly puts the "vice" in "Vice President.")
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To: 230FMJ

No black criminals can be arrested..You can shoot everyone else....That will be the final directive


25 posted on 06/15/2021 3:31:23 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: george76

Even if the cops wear a flower in their hair and hand out a Hare Krishna booklet to the criminals?


26 posted on 06/15/2021 3:42:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: a fool in paradise
Can they use a mallcop segway?

Yes, but only with a limiter allowing 1/4 speed. About the mph of a frail elderly man with a walker as in Office Space.

27 posted on 06/15/2021 3:45:39 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

Officers will be allowed to tie a right leg to another’s left leg as a “three-legged-race” at a holiday city picnic. Lots of fun to watch. For the felons.


28 posted on 06/15/2021 3:47:43 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

I’m glad I’m not a merchant in Chicago or Cook County. The Lightfoot just greenlit shoplifting and retail theft. Heck, just grab anything you want and walk away. Anyone challenges you and you just start running and your good.


29 posted on 06/15/2021 3:49:48 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: george76

Exceedingly stupid rules. They create a greater danger to the law abiding public. Were I a Chicago cop, I would look for police employment in a more rational jurisdiction... preferably far from Illinois.


30 posted on 06/15/2021 3:59:14 PM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: Kozak

Exactly. Why bother getting involved or proactively stopping crime. Wait for a call, show up, take a report and call it a day.


31 posted on 06/15/2021 4:27:09 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Mark was here

I was wondering what happened to that blog. Any specific reason why they took it private in particular you heard?


32 posted on 06/15/2021 4:29:05 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: butlerweave

33 posted on 06/15/2021 4:31:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: george76

Fire all the cops and let it burn.


34 posted on 06/15/2021 4:31:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protein'!)
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To: george76
How far will this evolve? What are minor crimes, when is there danger and to who, don't chase any POC, can POCs rob,shoplift or mug any Whitey as long as they don't shoot them? etc.
35 posted on 06/15/2021 4:44:35 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: george76

Flee Chicago. Run for your lives.


36 posted on 06/15/2021 5:01:13 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: george76
Hank isn't going to like this...nor do I.

FMCDH(BITS)

37 posted on 06/15/2021 7:24:31 PM PDT by nothingnew
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To: frank ballenger
Even if the cops wear a flower in their hair and hand out a Hare Krishna booklet to the criminals?

Are you going to San Francisco.
38 posted on 06/16/2021 3:48:55 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will definitely kill you.h)
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To: Old Yeller
Even if the cops wear a flower in their hair and hand out a Hare Krishna booklet to the criminals? Reply--------Are you going to San Francisco.

No, I don't go anywhere. October, 1998 I was outside of about 30 miles from home. Never farther since then.

Good old always Dem voters have brought the crime and mayhem but don't understand what the Dem Uniparty in CA means. We need to tell them. Ads saying: This is what voting Dem means (burning cities, someone lighting crack).

California NewsTimes said in May, 2021....

....All new surveillance videos show the latest in a number of car robbers near the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. In that video, you can see someone getting out of a car and breaking into another car within seconds. But that’s not all. Someone runs up and tries to stop him, who pushes them away.....

“There were people taking everything out of the car and it happened to my friends several times,” says Adrian Flores of Pinole.

“Assuming your car is invaded, be prepared for the worst,” says Susan McCondley, who was visiting the city with her family from San Diego.

In many of these videos, spectators watch thieves go to work. The neighbors we talked to say that the risk is too great to participate. They want something they can do to stop this.

“When you watch a video of what’s happening in the city and people pulling guns and pulling out other weapons, people just don’t want to get involved,” says Kay.

39 posted on 06/16/2021 8:44:25 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

“I dindu nuffin!”

“Then why did you run?”

“Y’all was chasin’ me!”


40 posted on 06/16/2021 11:11:57 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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