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.
How they gonna chase anyone? the young punks run like a deer and the cops eat too many donuts.
The donut lobby is very, very powerful.
Hank Voight isn’t going to like that…
It does not matter if the catch them anyways, the citizens of Chicago elect prosecutors who don’t care about prosecuting.
No black criminals can be arrested..You can shoot everyone else....That will be the final directive
Even if the cops wear a flower in their hair and hand out a Hare Krishna booklet to the criminals?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Exactly. Why bother getting involved or proactively stopping crime. Wait for a call, show up, take a report and call it a day.
I was wondering what happened to that blog. Any specific reason why they took it private in particular you heard?
Fire all the cops and let it burn.
Flee Chicago. Run for your lives.
FMCDH(BITS)
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.
“I dindu nuffin!”
“Then why did you run?”
“Y’all was chasin’ me!”
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