Stupid biker and cops

[rpm]

I saw it. It's an EMP gun. They also can throw one across the road like tire spikes.

[Nilsen]

Are they in use or still in developent?

[Urchin]

One thing I saw that interested me is that none of the other cars seemed to pull off to the side and stop.... is that not a law where that pursuit happened?

Other than that... yea, I saw at least 3 times where the cops could've just rammed that bike.

[mora]

Yes, you're supposed to give them way, but I don't think it's a good solution to stop on a narrow road with no shoulders. Also people tend to panic when they see or hear an emergency vehicle of any kind, and have no concept on how to react properly.

[crowMAW]

Not sure why cops can't do what Seagoon suggests and get the license plate number if it does not appear that the driver is going to stop...then arrest them later.  Especially in this case where they have the guy on video.

Consider that if the diver rabbits, then he really has no intention on stopping.  So the cop's expectation must be that he will eventually crash...all they are doing is waiting for that so they can make an arrest.  That puts a lot of folks at risk.

One comment on the cop who was driving:  I've been racing in SCCA events for about 20 years now and I can tell you that guy can drive.  He was hitting the apexes very well. And while it appeared he was going to lose it a couple of times, he did an excellent job getting the car back under control.

[Maverick]

Crowmaw,

The last pursuit I heard in person over the radio before I retired was a situation like you were talking about. A Motor Officer started to stop a car for a traffic violation when he read the plate to dispatch it came back as just stolen. A few minutes into the pursuit a supervisor tried to call off the chase using the exact same justification, that we had the license number and could go get the owner. It was perfectly correct too untill an unnamed Officer who disguised my, I mean his voice, and told the supervisor we already had the license number and owner info from the stolen reort earlier that day. It kinda made the license number a bit irrelevant to the pursuit conclusion.

Another factor to consider is that it usually only takes a screw driver in a school or other parking lot and about a minute to obtain a fresh license plate for your ride. Darn ya just can't figure on the plate giving you all the info you need to solve the crime.  Final factor is this, in order to prosecute for the chase we had to catch the actual driver who was making the car go, not the person who provided the money for the registration. They were not always one and the same.