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In reply to the discussion: 4 teenagers die in high-speed chase after trooper uses PIT maneuver [View all]marble falls
(67,064 posts)16. If you don't chase them no innocent public gets killed. Why chase them at all? Drone or helecoptor after them ...
https://www.sfchronicle.com projects 2024 police-chases
Police chases have killed hundreds of passengers, bystanders in US
Feb 27, 2024The years 2020 and 2021 were the two deadliest on record, according to NHTSA (commonly pronounced NITS-uh). At least 1,377 people died in police chases over that period, the Chronicle found. The ...
https://apnews.com article police-vehicle-chase-pursuit-deaths-policy-ed2fe37280cec57e4377491348cc661d
New report recommends limiting police pursuits to violent crimes after ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Aiming to curb the hundreds of deaths caused by police chases in the U.S. each year, a new report calls for police not to start a pursuit unless a violent crime has been committed and the suspect poses an imminent threat. The study released Tuesday by the Police Executive Research Forum, a national think tank on policing ...
https://www.newsweek.com hundreds-are-killed-each-year-police-pursuits-many-them-bystanders-1734216
Hundreds Are Killed Each Year in Police Pursuits, Many of ... - Newsweek
Aug 16, 2022Since 1979, more than 5,000 bystanders have been killed during police pursuits in the U.S. The number represents 27 percent of high-speed police pursuit deaths.
https://www.scotusblog.com 2021 07 high-speed-pursuit-liability-and-other-questions-surrounding-police-activities
High-speed pursuit liability and other questions surrounding police ...
In 1998, the Supreme Court held that high-speed police chases resulting in death, due to "deliberate or reckless indifference to life," do not violate substantive due process rights unless the officer intended to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate object of arrest. While the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 8th and 9th Circuits follow a ...
https://www.sfchronicle.com projects 2024 police-chases-database
Police car chases kill hundreds every year, most are not drivers
Feb 27, 2024In our investigation, " Fast and Fatal," which includes the fullest accounting yet of police pursuit deaths, we found that at least 3,336 people were killed in police vehicle pursuits from ...
https://prismreports.org 2022 07 12 high-speed-police-pursuits-no-place-public-safety
High-speed police pursuits have no place in public safety - Prism
Jul 12, 2022In 2015, The Washington Post found that police high-speed chases kill approximately 323 people each year, more than floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning combined. Safer America found that from 1996 to 2015, an average of 355 people were killed annually in police pursuitsapproximately one life per dayand that more than 2,000 people ...
https://slate.com news-and-politics 2021 07 police-pursuit-high-speed-car-chase-deaths.html
Police Keep Killing People During High-Speed Chases
July 08, 20216:15 PM. Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd last summer wrote on Facebook on Tuesday that one of her own family members had been killed by ...
https://www.usatoday.com pages interactives high-speed-chases
Police chases kill thousands - USA TODAY
It also explains what kinds of people were killed and why deadly chases began. Nearly every day, someone is killed during a high-speed chase between police and a suspect. Almost half of the 11,500 ...
https://www.cbsnews.com losangeles news 2020-deadliest-year-for-police-pursuits-since-2006-according-to-a-recent-analysis-of-data-from-chp
2020 Deadliest Year For Police Pursuits Since 2006 ... - CBS News
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Last year, 41 people died as a result of high speed police-involved pursuits making 2020 the deadliest year for chases since 2006, according to an analysis of California ...
https://www.nytimes.com 2023 11 24 us texas-border-police-chases.html
High-Speed Police Chases Rise Near Texas Border, Leaving Locals on Edge ...
Nov 24, 2023The rise in deaths appeared to closely track the rise in chases by the state police. In South Texas counties along or near the border, chases doubled to 1,100 in 2022 from about 500 in 2019. There ...
Police chases have killed hundreds of passengers, bystanders in US
Feb 27, 2024The years 2020 and 2021 were the two deadliest on record, according to NHTSA (commonly pronounced NITS-uh). At least 1,377 people died in police chases over that period, the Chronicle found. The ...
https://apnews.com article police-vehicle-chase-pursuit-deaths-policy-ed2fe37280cec57e4377491348cc661d
New report recommends limiting police pursuits to violent crimes after ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Aiming to curb the hundreds of deaths caused by police chases in the U.S. each year, a new report calls for police not to start a pursuit unless a violent crime has been committed and the suspect poses an imminent threat. The study released Tuesday by the Police Executive Research Forum, a national think tank on policing ...
https://www.newsweek.com hundreds-are-killed-each-year-police-pursuits-many-them-bystanders-1734216
Hundreds Are Killed Each Year in Police Pursuits, Many of ... - Newsweek
Aug 16, 2022Since 1979, more than 5,000 bystanders have been killed during police pursuits in the U.S. The number represents 27 percent of high-speed police pursuit deaths.
https://www.scotusblog.com 2021 07 high-speed-pursuit-liability-and-other-questions-surrounding-police-activities
High-speed pursuit liability and other questions surrounding police ...
In 1998, the Supreme Court held that high-speed police chases resulting in death, due to "deliberate or reckless indifference to life," do not violate substantive due process rights unless the officer intended to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate object of arrest. While the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 8th and 9th Circuits follow a ...
https://www.sfchronicle.com projects 2024 police-chases-database
Police car chases kill hundreds every year, most are not drivers
Feb 27, 2024In our investigation, " Fast and Fatal," which includes the fullest accounting yet of police pursuit deaths, we found that at least 3,336 people were killed in police vehicle pursuits from ...
https://prismreports.org 2022 07 12 high-speed-police-pursuits-no-place-public-safety
High-speed police pursuits have no place in public safety - Prism
Jul 12, 2022In 2015, The Washington Post found that police high-speed chases kill approximately 323 people each year, more than floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning combined. Safer America found that from 1996 to 2015, an average of 355 people were killed annually in police pursuitsapproximately one life per dayand that more than 2,000 people ...
https://slate.com news-and-politics 2021 07 police-pursuit-high-speed-car-chase-deaths.html
Police Keep Killing People During High-Speed Chases
July 08, 20216:15 PM. Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd last summer wrote on Facebook on Tuesday that one of her own family members had been killed by ...
https://www.usatoday.com pages interactives high-speed-chases
Police chases kill thousands - USA TODAY
It also explains what kinds of people were killed and why deadly chases began. Nearly every day, someone is killed during a high-speed chase between police and a suspect. Almost half of the 11,500 ...
https://www.cbsnews.com losangeles news 2020-deadliest-year-for-police-pursuits-since-2006-according-to-a-recent-analysis-of-data-from-chp
2020 Deadliest Year For Police Pursuits Since 2006 ... - CBS News
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Last year, 41 people died as a result of high speed police-involved pursuits making 2020 the deadliest year for chases since 2006, according to an analysis of California ...
https://www.nytimes.com 2023 11 24 us texas-border-police-chases.html
High-Speed Police Chases Rise Near Texas Border, Leaving Locals on Edge ...
Nov 24, 2023The rise in deaths appeared to closely track the rise in chases by the state police. In South Texas counties along or near the border, chases doubled to 1,100 in 2022 from about 500 in 2019. There ...
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4 teenagers die in high-speed chase after trooper uses PIT maneuver [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2024
OP
If you don't chase them no innocent public gets killed. Why chase them at all? Drone or helecoptor after them ...
marble falls
May 2024
#16
You expect the criminals to be the adults in the room!?!?!?! Cops almost always know who they're chaseing and how ...
marble falls
May 2024
#18
Please. Are you saying cops never know who in the car? What makes you think most chases are for stolen cars????
marble falls
May 2024
#21
--- and warrants for their arrests. Auto theft and speeding is not a capital offense. But I am confident these
3Hotdogs
May 2024
#8
Kids driving stolen cars never kill innocent people when not being pursued. Yeah! Sure!
Wonder Why
May 2024
#19