11-05-2015, 12:24 PM
Vehicle pursuits way more often than not represent a bigger threat to police and public safety than the suspect being pursued. A hundred or more cops, hundreds of non-violent suspects, and thousands of innocent bystanders are injured and killed in police pursuits every year.
The DOJ and FBI recommends that police departments train their officers to weigh the risks before engaging in a vehicle chase and avoid them where possible; by all accounts, the vast majority of those being pursued are not violent criminals. The DOJ recommends against shooting into moving vehicles as well.
I am interested in learning the nature of the warrant against dad and whether or not the Marksville, Lousianna police department has implemented training and policies in regards to vehicle pursuits and shootings.
Sources:
https://leb.fbi.gov/2010/march/evidence-...erspective
https://leb.fbi.gov/2002-pdfs/leb-july-2002
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitiza...5NCJRS.pdf
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/.../30187827/
The DOJ and FBI recommends that police departments train their officers to weigh the risks before engaging in a vehicle chase and avoid them where possible; by all accounts, the vast majority of those being pursued are not violent criminals. The DOJ recommends against shooting into moving vehicles as well.
I am interested in learning the nature of the warrant against dad and whether or not the Marksville, Lousianna police department has implemented training and policies in regards to vehicle pursuits and shootings.
Sources:
https://leb.fbi.gov/2010/march/evidence-...erspective
https://leb.fbi.gov/2002-pdfs/leb-july-2002
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitiza...5NCJRS.pdf
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/.../30187827/