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   XPost: alt.california, nyc.general   
   From: c.clementsPAM@comcast.net   
      
   "LaW Man"  wrote   
   >....But what is the   
   > answer. Not to chase anyone?   
      
   The illogical extreme is not always the most practical answer.   
   I'd like to see some data on high-speed chases; numbers of deaths- both   
   perpetrators, police officers and innocent bystanders; numbers of chases   
   that end in capture, and for what charge prior to the one for eluding   
   (traffic infractions, murder- you know).   
      
   > Law enforcement is changing its thinking about pursuits.   
      
   Yessir; Denver PD is about it.   
   They're actually pretty responsive when you set their feet afire    
   After the Mena case, they cut SWAT usage by some 80%. Maybe that reform idea   
   will attach to the high-speed chase concept.   
      
   > .....Yet you can't just say don't pursue everyone or anyone.   
      
   Nobody proposes that, that I know of.   
   If a cop witnesses a crime, or is looking for a specific vehicle, or even   
   looking for a specific *type* of vehicle (say, after a robbery), and the   
   driver rabbits, there is justification for a chase. Traffic violations just   
   don't cut it- the price is too high.   
      
   Chas   
      
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