Posted: 10/2/2002 1:22:41 PM EDT
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"Oct 2, 2002 10:22 am US/Pacific (AP)-(ORANGE, Calif.)-Three men wanted for questioning about a murder led authorities on a 40-minute freeway chase before their truck was forced into a spin on a residential street. The chase started around 7 a.m., shortly after a slaying in Buena Park, California Highway Patrol Officer Jeff Perez said. Information about the killing was not immediately available, he said. The pickup truck sped past morning traffic on Interstate 91 and adjacent freeways and surface streets as the people inside threw objects out a window, television footage showed. It was unknown what was discarded during the pursuit. The driver turned onto a residential street in the city of Orange, about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Police rammed into the truck's rear right wheel using the so-called "pit" maneuver. It sent the truck spinning into an iron fence. One of the men inside ran and hid in a clump of trees, but soon surrendered with the other two men." They followed a father of three home following a traffic dispute and killed him. One of the suspects was shot and wounded by Buena Park police. |
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Quoted: Obviously the poice are at fault in this. I thought use of force rules usually say "if what you are doing isn't effective, escalate or disengage." Why did the chase last 40 minutes? I think that if the police decide a pursuit is neccesary they shoud formulate a plan to end the pursuit. IE, spikes, PIT, roadbloack, ramming. In roughly that order. Tactical0, are you sating it makes sense to get in a foot pursuit, away from cover, with a suspect who is suspected of a murder a few minutes ago? |