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From the Land of the Police Pursuit
"Scott en Aztlán" wrote: > Here in LA, if a police pursuit occurs during a newscast, they drop > everything and shift into continuous coverage, even pre-empting normal > programming, in the hopes of catching a spectacular crash or a perp > getting his head blown off. > > Some highlights from this chase (which appears to involve the entire > Torrance, CA, police department): > > * The fleeing suspect squeezes past a Trucker on a freeway ramp; the > Trucker freaks out, and almost runs a school bus off the road > * The cops use the PIT maneuver on the suspect's car, right next to a > civillian in a silver SUV > * The cops then fire several shots into the suspect's vehicle > * Plus a few other surprises > > http://www.zippyvideos.com/2625430796605626/chase/ Did they really need 11 police cars to chase a run-of-the-mill Nissan ? Graham |
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From the Land of the Police Pursuit
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:55:41 +0000, Eeyore
> wrote: > > >"Scott en Aztlán" wrote: > >> Here in LA, if a police pursuit occurs during a newscast, they drop >> everything and shift into continuous coverage, even pre-empting normal >> programming, in the hopes of catching a spectacular crash or a perp >> getting his head blown off. >> >> Some highlights from this chase (which appears to involve the entire >> Torrance, CA, police department): >> >> * The fleeing suspect squeezes past a Trucker on a freeway ramp; the >> Trucker freaks out, and almost runs a school bus off the road >> * The cops use the PIT maneuver on the suspect's car, right next to a >> civillian in a silver SUV >> * The cops then fire several shots into the suspect's vehicle >> * Plus a few other surprises >> >> http://www.zippyvideos.com/2625430796605626/chase/ > >Did they really need 11 police cars to chase a run-of-the-mill Nissan ? > >Graham Sure - you don't think that any cop around is going to miss out on the fun, do you? And sure it takes that many - haven't you ever seen, "The Blues Brothers"? DPH |
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From the Land of the Police Pursuit
Eeyore wrote:
> "Scott en Aztlán" wrote: > >> Here in LA, if a police pursuit occurs during a newscast, they drop >> everything and shift into continuous coverage, even pre-empting >> normal programming, in the hopes of catching a spectacular crash or >> a perp getting his head blown off. >> >> Some highlights from this chase (which appears to involve the entire >> Torrance, CA, police department): >> >> * The fleeing suspect squeezes past a Trucker on a freeway ramp; the >> Trucker freaks out, and almost runs a school bus off the road >> * The cops use the PIT maneuver on the suspect's car, right next to a >> civillian in a silver SUV >> * The cops then fire several shots into the suspect's vehicle >> * Plus a few other surprises >> >> http://www.zippyvideos.com/2625430796605626/chase/ > > Did they really need 11 police cars to chase a run-of-the-mill Nissan > ? At least these cops are doing real police work - getting a criminal off the streets. That's better than you can say for the cop on the overpass with a radar gun just trying to get to the end of his shift. -- Craig Holl Mechanical Engineer New Berlin, WI www.midwestroads.com *Remove numbers and caps to reply* |
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From the Land of the Police Pursuit
"Scott en Aztlán" wrote: > Eeyore > said > > >Did they really need 11 police cars to chase a run-of-the-mill Nissan ? > > Ever see the movie "The Blues Brothers?" Oh sure ! But that's *meant* to be funny. Graham |
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From the Land of the Police Pursuit
In article >, Dave Head wrote:
>>Did they really need 11 police cars to chase a run-of-the-mill Nissan ? > Sure - you don't think that any cop around is going to miss out on the fun, do > you? And sure it takes that many - haven't you ever seen, "The Blues > Brothers"? They broke my watch! |
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