[Persevero]

The problem with your statement is that thieves can then say, if I speed I can get away with it. We can’t have that carte blanche for thieves; also it incentivizes them to speed away in cars which of course endangers people.

Of course no one’s life or injury is worth the recovery of stolen goods or a jury warrant or similar. But we can’t have a society where you know that if you speed away you get away with whatever you are in trouble for.

[BBell]

Kennedy, whose 2006 article, 'A comparative analysis of police vehicle pursuit policies," appeared in Justice Quarterly, said almost every law enforcement agency has a policy determining when it is appropriate to chase a suspect and what is supposed to happen after the chase starts. The danger in letting suspects get away most every time, he said, is that criminals can become emboldened if they know they can hit the gas and get away with most anything.