Quote: Preservation of life is a police officers FIRST duty to society.
PROTECT.... and serve.
Woohoo -- We can agree on something.
Quote: I am saying, that the choice that was made, was wrong.
Okay... fair reasoning as long as you have an alternative solution that would be "right"...
Quote: I am saying, there are other actions that could've been taken to end the chase, most of which would not involve the loss of life.
And yet you've provided none that would do so.
If you could come up with an idea that would have worked better, I will concede that you were correct and the cops should have done something else. BUT, as someone with more education in offensive driving and vehicle dynamics than your average police officer, I can think of nothing else that would have worked better than what they did. And I've heard nothing else presented that would create a lesser potential for fatalities than the PIT maneuver in this case.
