Drink-driver killed on 18th offence

[candor]

What if he does a runner - would this driver fit into your justified pursuit policy?

The heart says chase out of hope and the dreamers wish to control the situation, the brain says taihoa fool 'cos you know the odds of even greater harm occurring if you act so as to aggravate the dicey situation are well demonstrated.

1. Attempt to pull asshole over - try waving a Steiny at him

2. If there is no pull over (allowing a few seconds for delayed reactions or the driver to find a safe park) and the driver then increases to dangerous speed for conditions, showing conscious intent of flight then hang well back, getting out of his sight with the siren off.

In an ideal world (if you've no chopper to assist) then prior to pulling back you've fired a starchase bullet at the car (just remember which gun to use as dead drivers also dangerous). Using starchase Communications will now be tracking devo on their internet, and they will also put out a public service announcement warning other drivers of an erratic driver in the area.

Communications will then see if another cop can layout road spikes in a good place given the unsuspecting vehicles current direction, or if it has pulled up anywhere before the spikes meet the car they will direct an Officer (maybe plain clothes) to the location to apprehend the fugitive.

Devos noncompliance will all have been videotaped by equipment on police car 1 that it evaded, so then a Judge like Oldrider will make the fugitive wish they had never done what they did by delivering an appropriate sentence for if there was no victim bar Police who had got screwed around, and a penalty that is fit for a criminal of the lowest order if anyone was actually hurt (a rarer outcome than on occasions that speed chases are employed - potential vics will also be less seriously hurt as impact speed was minimised not maxxed out).

The confiscated car, house, Beemer, family jewels can pay to fit out one more cop car with video and starchase! If its good enough for drug dealers to cover the heli costs...

[Woodman]

What we should be asking is:

What did he get for his 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,8th,9th,10th,11th,12th ,13th,14th,15th
16th and 17th drink driving offences.???

[marty]

2. If there is no pull over (allowing a few seconds for delayed reactions or the driver to find a safe park) and the driver then increases to dangerous speed for conditions, showing conscious intent of flight then hang well back, getting out of his sight with the siren off.
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By all accounts the 'pursuit' that ended in a double fatal crash in Chch last week lasted less than 10 seconds, so that sounds like that would fit into your profile of acceptableness?

[p.dath]

After 18 times it seems pretty obvious this person is not going to change. So he is going to jail. The only question I have left is how long before he kills the next person? I'm guessing 2 years and 10 days.

[scumdog]

The heart says chase out of hope and the dreamers wish to control the situation, the brain says taihoa fool 'cos you know the odds of even greater harm occurring if you act so as to aggravate the dicey situation are well demonstrated.

1. Attempt to pull asshole over - try waving a Steiny at him

2. If there is no pull over (allowing a few seconds for delayed reactions or the driver to find a safe park) and the driver then increases to dangerous speed for conditions, showing conscious intent of flight then hang well back, getting out of his sight with the siren off.

In an ideal world (if you've no chopper to assist) then prior to pulling back you've fired a starchase bullet at the car (just remember which gun to use as dead drivers also dangerous). Using starchase Communications will now be tracking devo on their internet, and they will also put out a public service announcement warning other drivers of an erratic driver in the area.

Communications will then see if another cop can layout road spikes in a good place given the unsuspecting vehicles current direction, or if it has pulled up anywhere before the spikes meet the car they will direct an Officer (maybe plain clothes) to the location to apprehend the fugitive.

Devos noncompliance will all have been videotaped by equipment on police car 1 that it evaded, so then a Judge like Oldrider will make the fugitive wish they had never done what they did by delivering an appropriate sentence for if there was no victim bar Police who had got screwed around, and a penalty that is fit for a criminal of the lowest order if anyone was actually hurt (a rarer outcome than on occasions that speed chases are employed - potential vics will also be less seriously hurt as impact speed was minimised not maxxed out)...

And the stolen car/one with false plates etc will be dealt with how??

(And the 'public service announcement' warning other drivers (as per your fantasy above) will require ESP on the officers part to know what area to warn before the idjit being chased actually gets there.)

[MIXONE]

And the stolen car/one with false plates etc will be dealt with how??

(And the 'public service announcement' warning other drivers (as per your fantasy above) will require ESP on the officers part to know what area to warn before the idjit being chased actually gets there.)

Meanwhile back on planet earth...