Car Chases and ending them

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Edited by Spokes 2009-08-12 1:22 PM

Agreed. We were watching one on TV yesterday and the guy was going about 30 and running red lights and the cops just slowly followed behind him. I'm sure it's procedure, but I just don't get it.

I've always thought that a chopper with a big magnet to simply pick the car up, would be really cool.  ;-)  Just stay away from overpasses. 

shot to the engine block on a moving vehicle from a moving helicopter is a tough one...methinks you've been watching too much black hawk down.  now, shooting out tires from a chase vehicle with a shotgun is easier...but it is the difficulty of having the criminal in an open space where there is 0% chance of a stray shotgun pellet hitting innocents.  i'm not generally for letting criminals go, but it is hard to justify crashing them in the beginning...because you don't know if they are actually a threat to others yet.

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OnStar can shut down cars that have their system.  Only helps if the vehicle is a Chevy or GM (and has OnStar)

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/onstar-debuts-remote-ignition-block-to-shut-down-stolen-vehicles/

Aren't Chevy and GM cars effective enough shutting down on their own?

a lot of times around here we have our WSP airplane flying around. Highspeed pursuit, car does not pull over after a while, they just keep the plane on it, let the officers on the ground know what is going on, and either wait for the car to stop and arrest they driver, or wait for it to enter an unpopulated area and resume the chase. Granted the budget for the pilots was just cut but for the most part it has worked well.

High Speed/reckless driving chases are stupid though. Anyone ever see fast and the furious 2 (horrible movie IMO but something my friends used to like to watchin college when drunk) and the special gun the use in the beginning to short out his entire electrical system? That would be a sweet addition to police cars if they actually had one that worked for the majority of vehicles.

Helicopter shots are all part of sniper school but you are right.. they are difficult. 

.50 caliber round fired from a helicopter at a moving target in a populated area... what could possibly go wrong???

Or just do what a new Chicago Police Department Policy allows

Policy Would Allow Cops To Shoot At Fleeing Cars

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/police.deadly.force.2.1105766.html


Granted it must be a felony for them to be allowed to shoot at the car


Edited by mattb1 2009-08-12 4:23 PM

Sarah Palin could do it.......

Fixed it for you.  But Chuck Norris would just show up and the engine would give up, whimpering.

Or being that it was Chuck Norris, he'd probably take a flying leap and kick the windsheild out  hitting and knocking the driver out at the same time and land back on his feet while the car ran into a tree and exploded!

Well done, sir! 

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Edited by Spokes 2009-08-12 6:24 PM