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One low speed police chase has over a dozen police units following, they ‘sting’ the vehicle and it keeps going, eventually the vehicle comes to a stop and the driver gets out, but goes to return to the vehicle as his fiance climbs out the tailgate and runs for cover, it eventually comes to a conclusion.
Another is 2003, in Miami, a USPS postal worker is taken hostage in her mail truck, the tyres are stung and the vehicle comes to a halt in the middle of an intersection. The helicopter pans out and there is, no kidding, no less than 30 police units (plus several armoured SWAT vehicles) stretching at least a few hundred metres down the road.
This is the best
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Question is, what does the 25 other police units think they can do that the first five can’t or isn’t doing? Or what do they think they can do that several very large armoured SWAT trucks that are immediately next to the postal truck aren’t doing?
Is it just a case of the police call in a chase and everyone shouts, ‘wahoooo, we’ve got ourselves a convey’.
![]() 03/25/2018 at 06:45 |
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they love overkill
![]() 03/25/2018 at 09:36 |
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It would make more sense for the other officers to be tuning on any near by or parallel streets Incase the assalent tried to turn
![]() 03/25/2018 at 14:44 |
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Ye’, especially the low speed ones where they can go round side streets and block them off or funnel them away from built up areas.
![]() 03/25/2018 at 14:59 |
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Ye’, speaking of kill. Many times they open fire and even though they’ve been out their cars and weapons drawn braced on the vehicle door, roof or bonnet, still make to contact with the vehicle or target.
There was an incident where they were told to stop and detain two males who were driving a stolen blue pickup, say a GMC. The officers came across a blue pickup, pulled it over and opened fire, firing around 50 rounds into the vehicle from 15 feet away. Non made contact with the driver of passenger. The pickup tool off eventually pulling over when more units joined. They fired another 30 rounds, five making contact with the driver and the passenger being wounded.
The driver and passenger (both females in their 50s driving a non GMC blue pickup, so wrong suspects in a wrong vehicle) were asked why they didn’t stay where they were, but took off. Their reply, ‘you started firing at us and we feared for our lives’. The police department apologised, had to pay the medical bills (which they later tried to get out of) and had to buy the driver a new pickup (which they tried to short-change her on and then tried to get out of).