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IANAL but evading/fleeing the police is unlawful in most US jurisdictions (if not all, and there's a felony variant in most) which sounds like it meets the bar
by endianswap 13y ago
IANAL but evading/fleeing the police is unlawful in most US jurisdictions (if not all, and there's a felony variant in most) which sounds like it meets the bar for probable cause (though I'm not sure probable cause is required for use of this in all UW jurisdictions, hasn't there been very recent activity on vehicle tracking devices in appelate courts?)
- nilved 13y agoIt's not fleeing or evading if they're not trying to detain you, which itself "requires" "probable cause."
- gcr 13y agoWhy would they fire bullets at you if they aren't trying to detain you? To me, that speaks less of "Sir Please Come With Us Quietly" and more of "This Ain't Working, Let's Cut Our Losses And Try To Disable Their Escape"
- baddox 13y agoWhy would they fire real bullets at people they're not trying to detain? It's a good question, but they definitely do.
- jlgreco 13y agoWhat exactly is the fear here, they are going to accidentally hit a different car? Not really a big deal, considering during normal chases they accidentally hit other cars... with their car. Is the fear that they are going to sticky innocent law-abiding drivers on purpose? Well they already follow people and pull people over without reason, so I'm not seeing this as something new in that regard.. though this of course leaves a better audit trail.