Post #16269 by bighairymike on the US Policy board

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The big picture: The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a national think tank, recommends that police chase fleeing suspects only in cases of violvent crimes and when there is an "imminent threat" of a suspect committing another violent offense.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) identified 455 fatal crashes involving police vehicle pursuits in 2020, according to a 2023 PERF study paid for by the NHTSA and the Department of Justice. - Lapsody

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I recently saw a news item on the network that shall not be named about some PD on the East Coast that was rolling out a product to make police chases safer.

The product was a launcher that attached to the front of a police car (or Prowler for fans of Fargo). The police car pulls up behind the perp car and shoots a GPS Tracker projectile that sticks to the back of the perp car. The police car can then back off and track the perp car from a distance for as long as it takes. Cool use of technology I thought.

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