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   XPost: alt.california, nyc.general   
   From: c.clementsPAM@comcast.net   
      
   "Phil"  wrote   
   > What other entities have the responsibility of chasing armed criminals   
   > in high speed motor vehicle pursuits?   
      
   All kinds of professions have hazardous obligations that have to do with the   
   safety of the public. All sort of professions conduct their business in the   
   public weal and take responsibility, after the fact, for their professional   
   conduct.   
      
   > It also depends on whether or not the police officer in pursuit has   
   > time to think things out.  We're spending more time posting on this   
   > thread than cops often get to think out what they're doing.   
      
   There was a fatality just a night ago. Cop chased a guy on a stop-sign   
   violation if the story be true. With speeds over a hundred miles an hour, in   
   town, there was plenty of time to deal with it with the hazard of a high   
   speed chase removed.   
   If you're not confident in what you're doing, stop.   
      
   > Subject for review?  Again, there are no text book pursuits; it's   
   > always different.  You can't set guidelines for every pursuit.   
      
   Then get comfortable with being exhaustively reviewed for every one of them.   
   People are tired of it. You're not going to get anything but more of the   
   same.   
      
   Chas   
      
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