Police chase ends in two arrests, one
Early Wednesday, police chased a speeding car off autoroute 25 into east end residential streets, where it smashed into three parked cars and came to a halt. Two people were arrested, but a third fled on foot.
Is highway speeding really a good reason for a police chase? How do you suppose the owners of those damaged cars feel about it this morning?
Blork 11:53 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
I’m guessing that if a car that’s speeding doesn’t pull over when the cops show up, the cops assume (probably correctly) that the driver is up to something more serious. Only an idiot tries to flee from a speeding charge. The stakes aren’t high enough to warrant the risk.
jeather 12:04 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
The world is full of idiots.
I seriously disbelieve that most high speed chases are worth it.
Ephraim 12:10 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
Once you have the plate, what’s the point of the chase? You can just have every cop in town looking for it. You have the name and address of the owner. It’s not like you can really hide all that well. And if the car is stolen, well, they are just going to get out and abandon it soon, because they know every cop is looking for it. (And it’s almost a miracle when police do find a stolen car anyway… since they are mostly a reporting agency, and less an actual detective agency. Their solve rate is incredible low.)
Blork 13:07 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
The thinking is probably that if you just take down the plate number and let them go, it gives the perp time to dispose of all those guns, the 15 kilos of cocaine in the back seat, and the three teenage girls tied up in the trunk. So all they get is a speeding ticket.
Not saying that’s MY thinking…
steph 13:40 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
They have the statistics on runners. They’ve pronounced the benefits of high speed chases do not out weigh the risks. The need to follow their own advice and stop letting cops run afoul
Orr 17:30 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
in 2014 my fully-paid-for car was destroyed after a police chase caused an criminal to smash into and destroy my car (and a couple of others). You are correct about my not being happy at all about having to buy a new car. The criminal died in the accident so I couldn’t even sue him. The famous Quebec “victims of crime” fund said no money for my loss and insurance paid very little because “not a new car.” So that was $20K I had to spend because of an unnecessary police chase gone bad.
There are good alternative solutions instead of police chases.