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When apprehending the suspect, officers created the potential for deadly crossfire. The review will also look at whether officers should have immediately swarmed the car.
Read More →The driver of a stolen van was captured by news crews driving on the wrong side of the road, blowing stop signs, and colliding with police cars during a high-speed pursuit in South Los Angeles. Read the full story here.
Read More →The video shows a white sedan running from police at high speed through residential areas. The vehicle pursuit ended with the sedan crashing through a wooden fence at an apartment complex and rolling over.
Read More →So should you chase or contain? It depends on the situation and what agency you work for. Just as there are a variety of threats to consider about suspects in flight, so too are there differences of opinion as to how to address the problem.
Read More →Cpl. Bruce McKay of the Franconia (N.H.) Police Department ended his watch on May 11, 2007. McKay stopped a suspect after a brief pursuit. After being pepper sprayed, the suspect shot the officer four times, killing him. The suspect then ran over the officer. A civilian intervened and shot the suspect with the officer's service weapon.
Read More →A national pursuit-safety group showed its support for the mother of a 17-year-old boy who was killed by a man attempting to flee from police, by appearing at the felon's sentencing hearing to urge no reduction in sentence.
Read More →The investigation revealed that officers, who were pursuing a carjacking suspect during rush-hour traffic, were not in compliance with the agency's pursuit policy that is one of the most strict in the country.
Read More →As we began our shift, we passed a residential area in the Mariana Maravillas gang turf. I saw two middle-aged men coming out of a sliding glass door at the side of one residence. The house was on my side (passenger side) of the car and like Santa Claus each man carried a big cloth bag slung over a shoulder. For a nanosecond one of the hype burglars' eyes met mine.
Read More →The police said Thursday night that the car crashed after two officers from a command in the Bronx pursued it.
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