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Innocent people caught in the middle of pursuits realize the drivers who flee are lawbreakers and need to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Just as true, the actions of officers should never enhance the level of danger to the surrounding public or to the officers themselves. Two wrongs do not make it right. They make it deadly.
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put public safety first, weighing the risk of the crime against the
risk of the pursuit to the surrounding public.
More innocent, law-abiding citizens are killed, maimed and injured in police vehicular pursuits than from police shootings. Why? Retired Bellevue, Washington Police Chief Donald P. Van Blaricom answers this question in the April 2004 issue of Law Enforcement Executive Forum.
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People Speak Out
about Kristie's Law
The
illusion of safety is quickly fading.
The
illusion of safety is quickly fading.
The
illusion of safety is quickly fading.
The
illusion of safety is quickly fading.
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