Justices rule that fleeing the police is a violent felony
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Funny thing in doing that. One of my Patrol buddies clocked a Busa @ 160 and as soon as he turned the blue lights on the guy pulled over. A quick NCIC check came up clean and he let the guy go with a warning simply because he didn't run.
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You guys seem to be right.
I'm not sure if you can access this, but this is an article I pulled from my school database, written by the FBI.
In pertinent part, there was some research about why people fled from police. It broke down like this:
32% Were driving a stolen car
27% Had a suspended driver's license
27% wanted to resist arrest (but it doesn't say why)
21% were driving under the influence
Suspects could list more than one reason, so the statistics don't add up to 100%.
Of those that ran:
30% crashed
30% stopped
25% got away
The article doesn't say why these don't add up to 100%.
There's more interesting info if you can access it.
Just to clarify, I'm not saying the officer was wrong; I assume he was following policy. I'm still not convinced that the policy is right, but you guys bring up good points.
I'm not sure if you can access this, but this is an article I pulled from my school database, written by the FBI.
In pertinent part, there was some research about why people fled from police. It broke down like this:
32% Were driving a stolen car
27% Had a suspended driver's license
27% wanted to resist arrest (but it doesn't say why)
21% were driving under the influence
Suspects could list more than one reason, so the statistics don't add up to 100%.
Of those that ran:
30% crashed
30% stopped
25% got away
The article doesn't say why these don't add up to 100%.
There's more interesting info if you can access it.
Just to clarify, I'm not saying the officer was wrong; I assume he was following policy. I'm still not convinced that the policy is right, but you guys bring up good points.
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