Posted on 09/24/2023 6:25:42 PM PDT by big bad easter bunny
Like anything it depends on the situation and where it’s taking place. No two circumstances are alike. When it endangers others they usually back off. If it’s a known murderer on back roads go for it. If it’s a terrorist with a potential for killing hundreds or thousands you weigh the consequences. If it’s an idiot mowing people down then you take them out.
If criminals know that if they drive away fast the cops won't chase them, will that result in more crime or less crime?
This mirrors the thought experiment that confounds those living in San Francisco, despite the fact that we already know the result:
If the DA announces no arrest will be made if the value of the theft or robbery is less than $950, will this result in more crime or less crime?
Nuh uh, did not ...
“I guess you think if a crook runs away, the cops should just let them go”
So you think it is ok for LEO’s to drive in excess of 150 mph at night on four lane highway with traffic?
The Arkansas State Patrol chased one guy at speeds well above 140 mph in traffic at night, the perp went on the right shoulder to pass and then lost control, he headed right across the highway into oncoming traffic and slammed into the driver side door of a pickup truck causing the truck to roll over off the road, he then rolled his car in a ditch and totaled it. No word as to injuries.
My question is would you like to have been driving the pickup truck?
It happily came to an abrupt end when the cyclist blew thru a red light and hit a car that was making a turn thru the intersection in front of him. He reminded me of Evel Knievel without a motorcycle.
What was really cool is that his entire flight path, complete with aerial somersaults and sloppy landing, was all caught on a store front camera.
Unfortunately, the elderly woman driving the car was also injured.
Ah - take me back to the days of Bullitt and Dirty Harry car chases through San Francisco flying through the air over the hilly streets.
What fun!
In terms of the script, assertions were made that chases "more often than not" turn out badly—with no statistics to back up this very broad claim, such as statistical comparison to the many pursuits that do end safely in arrest, cross-referenced with the severity of the accusation. Effective analyses should be cross-referenced multiple ways, such as city streets vs rural, speed limits of the roadways during the pursuit, average traffic congestion at that time of day, weather or lighting conditions, even the suspect's priors, etc.
In terms of the graphics, the use of stock images instead of actual documentary images soon became apparent, and detracted from overall believability, such as when the script talked about a mother of two being injured, but the footage showed a fat topless man being attended on a stretcher.
It's a good concept, but needs deeper planning and assembly before publishing a finished product.
Clearly such chases that injure bystanders are miscalculations or overreactions that need better training. If this type of video could be pinned down to actual cases, such material could help train officers, dispatchers and commanders' sense of when a chase is warranted or when not. A.I. analysis of traffic patterns or known perp behaviors, destinations, etc. should help PDs do better with using other units down the road to intercept, force a traffic stoppage or cutoff of the individual, deploy spike strips, or other less potentially lethal techniques.
I don’t cite the research but it was mostly done by me. Even if there is no accident, You realize when you watch enough of these chases that in most cases the person speeding off has an outstanding warrant. It’s rare, really rare that they’re chasing someone who if they don’t stop right now could kill an innocent citizen. However a cop going 100 mph on a busy highway could have his tire blow out or knees and driver may anticipate what the cop is doing.
Personally I would like someone hunter to get away because he had some crack on him and the arrest him later, god knows what could happen if you were in a high-speed chase.
I’ve only made 20 videos using this AI software, all of your criticisms are valid. The way I’ve been practicing is by making videos about ideas or subjects that interest me. Sometimes the software gets it terribly wrong, it can be quite funny.
Thank you very much for your thoughtful response.
Bless you for listening objectively! So many freepers fly off the handle at the slightest disagreement.
I spent 40 years working in print media, so... glad you were receptive, and very best of luck to you as you develop your ideas.
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