police pursuit ends with COP charged

StreetRacer · 02-14-2008, 11:54 AM

car runs from cop...cop rightfully chases...high speed chase ends with a major car accident...cop (?) charged with manslaughter...cop (?) looking at jail time for causing the crash by chasing the bad guy...

translation?

open season on speeding in maryland cause what cop is gonna risk going to jail by chasing you...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/cri...peed.chase.cnn

*4.6 Love* · 02-14-2008, 12:13 PM

I can't watch the video cause I'm at work but every state has rules like that. Officers are trained specifically in pursuits on when it is better to stop the pursuit, continuing to do so could put innocent motorists in danger. In dallas during rush our for the most part officers will not pursuit you for a minor infraction. It makes perfect sense. Several troopers have been fired and held liable in civil court in many instances for reasons already mentioned. I remember a few years back, A kid was hauling ass on I-20 in a crotch rocket, a trooper clocked him going 120+ and decided to pursuit, kid started going faster because he knew he was toast and ended crashing and killing himself...the trooper was fired and had to pay some serious $$$$. I know they are BS laws, because it doesn't excuse what the offender did, but in the eyes of a jury, a $150 traffic ticket is not worth a persons life...

stanger00 · 02-14-2008, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4.6 Love

I can't watch the video cause I'm at work but every state has rules like that. Officers are trained specifically in pursuits on when it is better to stop the pursuit, continuing to do so could put innocent motorists in danger. In dallas during rush our for the most part officers will not pursuit you for a minor infraction. It makes perfect sense. Several troopers have been fired and held liable in civil court in many instances for reasons already mentioned. I remember a few years back, A kid was hauling ass on I-20 in a crotch rocket, a trooper clocked him going 120+ and decided to pursuit, kid started going faster because he knew he was toast and ended crashing and killing himself...the trooper was fired and had to pay some serious $$$$. I know they are BS laws, because it doesn't excuse what the offender did, but in the eyes of a jury, a $150 traffic ticket is not worth a persons life...

+1

common sense is not so common these days

02-14-2008, 11:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
StreetRacer Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,639	police pursuit ends with COP charged car runs from cop...cop rightfully chases...high speed chase ends with a major car accident...cop (?) charged with manslaughter...cop (?) looking at jail time for causing the crash by chasing the bad guy... translation? open season on speeding in maryland cause what cop is gonna risk going to jail by chasing you... http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/cri...peed.chase.cnn

02-14-2008, 12:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
4.6 Love Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mexico Posts: 6,169	I can't watch the video cause I'm at work but every state has rules like that. Officers are trained specifically in pursuits on when it is better to stop the pursuit, continuing to do so could put innocent motorists in danger. In dallas during rush our for the most part officers will not pursuit you for a minor infraction. It makes perfect sense. Several troopers have been fired and held liable in civil court in many instances for reasons already mentioned. I remember a few years back, A kid was hauling ass on I-20 in a crotch rocket, a trooper clocked him going 120+ and decided to pursuit, kid started going faster because he knew he was toast and ended crashing and killing himself...the trooper was fired and had to pay some serious $$$$. I know they are BS laws, because it doesn't excuse what the offender did, but in the eyes of a jury, a $150 traffic ticket is not worth a persons life... __________________ Go Cowboys! X pipe and flows

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