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A high-speed, high-risk police chase over a nothing violation like this is an obscenity. I will never understand why people are willing to put up with it — why police aren’t fired, prosecuted, and jailed.

  • Neuromancer
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t suggest that. What I suggested is catching them later when there is less risk to other people.

      • Neuromancer
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        1 year ago

        Yes and when the car stops. Now you can arrest the person.

        • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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          1 year ago

          How?

          They drove off at a hundred miles an hour, and you didn’t chase them. They are miles away when they decide to ditch the car and run.

          How are you going to arrest him when he gets out?

          What stops him from repeating this performance the following day? Or the next?

          With all the cars he’s going to be stealing, and police deliberately avoiding him, how are they goin to catch him when he hits a kid?

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            1 year ago

            Do you think a car is worth the death of another person ? I don’t.

            Since the car is tracked on a map. You can follow them without causing a high speed pursuit. If you can’t then let them go.

            How are you going to arrest them? Like they always do with handcuffs.

            You keep trying to state something I never said. When did I say the cops should avoid them? I said they don’t need a high speed pursuit.

            I was a cop for many years. We don’t do high speed pursuits except in grave situations. We normally used a helicopter to track the car and waited until they stopped, ran out of gas or contain them in a safe area.

            It’s not that complicated.

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              1 year ago

              The car is NOT tracked on a map. That’s not how GPS works.

              GPSes work by calculating their position from three satellites. They don’t share that position unless they’re using Google or Apple maps, and to get that data even with a warrant, you need to know their Google/Apple ID. Which you don’t have in a situation like this.

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                  1 year ago

                  Bold of you to assume the vehicle in question was a state of the art car with this stuff coming as standard.

                  Not everyone is as rich as you.

                  • Neuromancer
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                    1 year ago

                    My car from 2008 had the feature as well. It’s nothing new.

                    Some cars had low jack which isn’t near as good.

                    Hell my car from 2000 had the feature as well.

                    It’s more prevalent on new cars but it’s old tech. It gives you a nice discount on your insurance