XPost: alt.thebird.copwatch, alt.law-enforcement, alt.true-crime   
   XPost: alt.california, nyc.general   
   From: dogglebe@yahoooo.com   
      
   On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:34:47 -0700, "Chas"    
   wrote:   
      
   >"Phil"  wrote   
   >> On the contrary, Chas, Richard Alsup (the one being chased) was wanted   
   >> for armed robbery and car theft.   
   >   
   >I've been talking about the latest one in Denver- there are a pattern of   
   >them over the last couple of years.   
   >The City Council is now debating a reform bill.   
      
   I hope there's atleast one cop on the council.   
      
      
   >> The chase started in Florissant Tuesday, where police say Alsup was in   
   >> a stolen car and was carrying a gun.   
   >   
   >What precipitated the chase?   
   >Did he run a stop sign, did they spot the stolen car and identify the man   
   >driving it?   
      
   I posted what I found on the web.   
      
      
   >Not enough information except as to what they found after the crash.   
      
   More than what Atrocities posted.   
      
   I posted a more detailed article elsewhere in this thread.  Alsup was   
   a career criminal.   
      
      
   >> Granite City Chief Dave Ruebhausen says the police are in a difficult   
   >> position. "People are actually getting away from us because we put the   
   >> public safety first. And I think the bad guys are getting to know   
   >> that."   
   >   
   >Interoffice memo?   
      
   Newspapers probably report on any and all changes in department   
   policy.   
      
      
   Phil   
      
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