Thumper
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Sedalia, MO
- Car(s)
- 2012 Golf R Stg3 APR
I wish the cops would put this much effort into catching thieves, robbers and other more serious criminals.
Also, if the cop didn't pursue, we would have had a Mustang not speeding or at least not as much and not causing an accident. Just dumb and not worth it.
Let's flip that script on you a bit, since I really hate the weak arguments to let criminals go. It's like that horrible abomination Avengers Civil War, where supposedly you should agree that letting terrorists who are planning to nerve toxin cities get away is better than knocking down a few buildings and local injuries and deaths. Clearly the scale is different, but the premise is identical.
The cops have no idea what this person is up to. Consider an officer sees a simple traffic violation and hits lights, the expectation is the person will pull over and they will have a chat and maybe get a ticket with a fine. Instead, the car roars off and runs. Why? Why would someone commit felonies to avoid a $200 fine? Is it because they have a dead body in the trunk? A load of guns for a gang? Maybe a kidnapped kid? At this point it's not only about the new crime being committed right in front of them, it's that question about what recent or soon to occur crime are they dealing with.
So this guy runs, cop says "Oh, if I chase them they might cause a crash, better let them go......" turns out it's a serial killer with a body in the trunk, and they go on to kill several more people. Or they just kidnapped a kid, tied up in trunk, could have found and saved them but decided not to pursue. Perhaps they just robbed a house and have loads of someone's stuff in the car. Not to mention the other most logical result would be criminals now know if they run, no one will chase them......so they run everytime. You want the cops to somehow catch "more serious" criminals, but then offer those criminals the means by which to further avoid detection and capture.
Here's a novel idea, let's have our police actually fight crime without needing to consult a magic 8 ball and let's blame the destruction and harm done by criminals evading cops on the CRIMINALS and not the cops. This chase and any damage and injuries were in no way the fault of the officer but 100% the fault of the moron in the Mustang who chose to run,, chose to drive recklessly, and chose to become a deadly weapon on the roads. Trying to blame the cop for doing his/her job only emboldens the criminals and makes us all less safe.