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That is the problem: they don't have a reasonable description of the vehicle. They have "anything white, but not a car" as about the only thing they are looking at. That is crazy.

These butcases can EASILY slip through such a wide focus. Easily. So, it doesn;t even make sense from a "get 'em" standpoint.

If they could say, "White, Dodge van, approximately 1990 model, sliding right door, and two doors in the rear", they could seriously focus, very quickly, on all vehicles matching that description. Instead, they spend hours looking at all white vehicles giving the bad guy plenty of time to make a get away.

They really are not able to stop all traffic in all directions. The bad guy has plenty of time to figure his escape route, and execute the plan. A simple plan is all that is needed to get 10 miles away before any dragnet is placed into action.

It is seriously difficult to make a full fence around a shooting to capture all white vehicles, but it would be much easier to try to catch a particular vehicle.

Besides, I do not mind the police stopping vehicles that match a particular description, but the treatment of the drivers is of concern, cooperative or not.

They really are not able to stop all traffic in all directions. The bad guy has plenty of time to figure his escape route, and execute the plan. A simple plan is all that is needed to get 10 miles away before any dragnet is placed into action.

This comment just triggered an epiphany in me...

What if there IS NO escape route? Think about it. The area of the shooting last night was surrounded by motels. What if the sniper booked a room, took a "stroll" into the woods, lined up his target, and then strolled back into the motel. And all these "white vans" are just distractions. Perhaps he has accomplices who are always in a white van nearby with a cell phone. Not only do they tell him when the coast is clear to take a shot, but they provide a convenient decoy because people always remember a white van driving away from the scene. If the van is stopped, it is as clean as a whistle and the killer is already back in his motel room waiting for the coverage to start on CNN.