Canberra Crash
As a former police officer with ten years service and a number of pursuits under my belt, I feel qualified to weigh-in on the ongoing police chase, don’t chase debacle.
It seems yet again the majority of public anger, fuelled by civil libertarians, is being directed at the “cowboys in blue”.
Predictably, the driver behind the wheel of the pursued vehicles have escaped criticism.
IT’S understandable that the families of those killed in the weekend’s multiple fatality in Canberra would want to blame police. They might be able to answer for their actions.
In the outrage over another police pursuit which has ended in tragedy, it seems the person who gets the least attention is the serial car thief who started the chain of events in the first place.
But I’ll repeat – it’s understandable. He can’t answer to the grieving families.
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LC says:
If the car is moving and it shuts itself off, that means the driver cannot use the brakes or the steering. If he hit’s something, he’ll die, and I doubt you wouldn’t continue to blame the police. This sort of system would cost around $600-800 per car, and the speed… Read more »
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LC says:
The police called off the chase when they believed it to be too dangerous. The police called off the chase when they believed it to be too dangerous. The police called off the chase when they believed it to be too dangerous. (I read somewhere reading something three times makes… Read more »
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