We just had a fatal police chase here in Detroit, three people died and the family is blaming the police ONLY and they have not said one word about the parole absconder that was being chased (thus his reason for running) Of course, he was not injured and faces life in prison but ultimately whose fault do you really think it is? Are cops just supposed to let people go if they run?
2006-11-13 06:45:50 · 14 answers · asked by Pesty Wadoo 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
They're blaming the cops because the state has more money they can sue for.
The criminal running away is 100% at fault.
2006-11-13 06:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Many communities do just let them run and keep track of them some other way, though I don't know how they do that. Nonetheless, I agree that the police are not responsible for this tragedy, the parole violator is. Perhaps even the family is responsible for raising someone who thinks nothing of anyone else but himself. Obviously, his family refuses to take responsibility as well and blames all their faults or the violator's faults on someone else. What else would you expect to get from a situation like that, then, but a criminal who should never have been on parole in the first place?
2006-11-13 06:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The person who was being pursued should be held accountable and charged. Police however are not totally innocent. In most places police pfficers are ordered to break off pursuit if the chase exceeds a certain amount of speed or the circumstances endanger the public. The only reason these families are going after the police is because a person facing life in prison has no money to settle with.
2006-11-13 06:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by jerofjungle 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When one is involved in a chase as a police officer, you must weigh the consequences of letting him go and continung to chase him. Usually, the consequences of letting them go is much higher than that of continuing the chase. There is a point where one should break off the chase and follow at a distance. Also, helicopters can come into use as well. People should not be allowed to be let go if they run 100 percent of the time, people will learn that if they run, they get to go scott free and thats no good.
2006-11-13 06:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by troopermurphy154 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Plain and simple, it's the "dirtbags" fault. It's a shame that sometime it does happen, and the innocent people suffer. They should add 3-6 months automatically (without bond) just for fleeing police, and then work on the current charges.
2006-11-13 06:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is not the cops' fault. It is the fault of the escapee who made them chase him. Unless the police took undue risks or were drinking or something, in which case they share part of the blame.
2006-11-13 06:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by braennvin2 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well in my opinion i believe it should be the person running after all they r breaking the law & need to be stopped...but by law it depends on where you live & what the law is there recently around this area they passed a law (or r fixing to pass it) saying if someone runs the police cannot conduct in a high speed chase,so i guess they r supposed to just let them go...crazy right?
2006-11-13 06:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by CRYSTAL S 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It was the criminals fault- he was the one that run and made the police chase him in the 1st place. The criminal made that choice for both himself and the officer the second he decided to flee.
2006-11-13 06:48:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
The cops do have a duty to ensure that the pursuit they are involved in does not become dangerous for the genral population of the area they are driving through. If they feel their presence in the chase is making the offender take increased levels of risk, especially in a residential district then they can elect to drop the pursuit for the protection of the greater populus.
2006-11-13 06:49:29 · answer #9 · answered by rchlbsxy2 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Families blame/sue the ones with the deepest pockets. Its the criminal's faul, not the cops.
2006-11-13 06:48:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋