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25 years ago, in Florida, my wife, our new baby, and I were all sleeping soundly upstairs, when at about 2 AM the phone rang. "Hello?" I ask groggily. "This i
by marshray 3y ago
25 years ago, in Florida, my wife, our new baby, and I were all sleeping soundly upstairs, when at about 2 AM the phone rang.
"Hello?" I ask groggily.
"This is the police," the voice says. "Do you know who's driving your car?"
I look out the window at the parking lot below. "It's... gone," I say. "I... have no idea."
They send an officer to take a report. I do remember someone who had come to the door a couple weeks earlier. I hadn't let him in, but from the porch he had been able to see that I kept my car keys hanging on a hook by the front door.
That night, he had manipulated the back sliding door into opening, crossed through the apartment, and retrieved the keys from where they hung near the front. All downstairs.
After a high-speed chase, which ended at his girlfriend's house, the police caught him hiding under the bed with the keys in his pocket.
Anyway, that's my personal anecdote. I don't propose that anyone confuse it with data or use it to decide policy. But I still sometimes thank the stars that I and my new family slept peacefully that night.
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- nojvek 3y agoThat’s amazing that he was caught. AFAIK in most states, the police have say in their jurisdiction. So a lot of theft crime can’t be caught because the thief drives to another jurisdiction and the chase can’t go on. So they can get away. That being said unlike Seattle and San Francisco, Florida cops don’t fuck around. At-least on Polk county, the are tough on crime.
- maxerickson 3y agoNo, US police can continue an active pursuit into another jurisdiction (even across state lines). You also can't outrun the radio.
- salawat 3y agoBe unfortunate if something happened to ah... Suddenly make them airwaves unusable.
- frenchman_in_ny 3y agoI think that under the doctrine of hot pursuit, once a suspected crime has been committed, as long as the police are able to visually identify the suspect they're allowed to cross jurisdictions.
- rasz 3y ago>AFAIK in most states, the police have say in their jurisdiction. So a lot of theft crime can’t be caught because the thief drives to another jurisdiction and the chase can’t go on. you are thinking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_California_Kid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_California_Kid universe :) I dont think thats the case for a very long time.