Whew. This is a hilarious thread in a sick kind of way. It’s like a window into DU bizarro world, where they would be posting exactly the same kind of replies I am seeing on the first thread page. It’s the cops’ fault that some simpleton crashed and killed a van full of kids. It’s all the cops’ fault.
All this talk of good cop, bad cop, yada, yada, yada...
It all boils down to one thing, policy. What is the chase policy of the agency involved. If the policy is to chase they do. If not, they don't.
There was a case in San Diego County in the 90s involving the Border Patrol. They were chasing suspected ILLEGALS and chased them through a school zone where they crashed into kids sitting on a bus stop. I forgot how many kids were killed but the BP changed policy becasue of it.
I have a feeling the city of Dinuba will soon be changing their policy too.