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For the most part, yes. Cops chasing people is for the most part stupid, record their plate, send them a ticket. High speed police chases represent serious dan
by fleitz 12y ago
For the most part, yes.
Cops chasing people is for the most part stupid, record their plate, send them a ticket. High speed police chases represent serious dangers to the public for little benefit. Many modern police departments have policies in place to discourage police chases because of the danger posed to the officers, public, and the suspects themselves.
In the broader sense of justice it would have been very prudent for the unproductive war on drugs to have ended years ago as the costs to society outweigh the benefits to society.
Fiat justitia ruat caelum, like an eye for an eye, is actually a pretty stupid policy.
- richardwhiuk 12y agoIn high speed chases (at least in the UK), in most of the cases, the vehicle is stolen, so recording their plate is pointless.
- fleitz 12y agoFor sure, I'm not sure how high speed chases end but I'm guessing it's either a crash, or a set of spike stripe. Spike strips are about logistics where a higher speed makes the logistics more difficult. And in the event of a crash the (insured) property is destroy anyway. Since the UK is covered in CCTV the best idea is probably to 'chase' them via CCTV and deploy spike strips intelligently while they are driving at low speed. So for the most part a high speed chase involves huge risk for little gain.