Calling off a pursuit.

[mcsap]

I have been on two long pursuits ( and a bunch of short ones) , one was 33 miles the other 35. Both went out of state and there were speeds of 80 on the long one and 120 on the "shorter" one.

Both were during a very low traffic time of day , one was late at night and the other was about 0630 on a Sunday morning.

Taken into consideration was the traffic the offense committed ( theft from soda machines and theft of gas which later included ramming a cruiser) , the time of day, the amount of risk to other motorists and of course the speed.

The 120 mph incident occurred 99% on the interstate highway. I have personally broke off when the person started doing crazy stuff like passing on blind curves or a crotch rocket that simply had the ability to dust me.

If you break off a chase before things get out of hand, then there won't be investigations, wrecked cruisers, wrecked citizens, injured officers , injured citizens, property damage etc.

We almost ALWAYS somehow look like the bad guy because we "made" the person run or made them keep running.

[wcso234]

Hell i drive a Blazer........everytime i turn on someone its a pursuit. I live for the day that i get a crown vic. If I check someone at 70 and turn on them by the time i catch them its the end of my shift. I asked my Lt. if I could just turn in front of them and block the road

[phantasm]

I try to apprehend the perp within 1/2 a block of the pursuit starting. If he's on foot or bicycle, and I'm in a car, we'll cut him off, then when he dumps the bike, we'll run him down. Usually we'll have another car there within 30 seconds, and 3-4 cars there in another 30 seconds. He WILL get caught.

[lepdford]

Hell i drive a Blazer........everytime i turn on someone its a pursuit. I live for the day that i get a crown vic. If I check someone at 70 and turn on them by the time i catch them its the end of my shift. I asked my Lt. if I could just turn in front of them and block the road

LMAO! :D