Quote: Police say the PIT maneuver is used as a last result
Quote: Police also learn to avoid using the PIT with certain types of vehicles, such as SUVs or large passenger vans. Vehicles with a high center of gravity easily roll when hit from behind.
Officers in Georgia last week followed neither of the above. State troopers on Interstate 95 attempted to PIT a Nissan Pathfinder on Aug. 17 at speeds in excess of 110 miles per hour. Two people in the SUV died.
Quote: Originally developed by the Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department, the PIT maneuver is taught as a low speed (less than 35 mph), precision technique, requiring a clear location and careful timing.
Quote: Jasper County won't use the "Pursuit Intervention Technique" performed by Georgia state troopers, he said. They also won't chase suspects for more than a short time in traffic unless they know a serious crime has been committed. "If they had just murdered someone, that's different," Hughes said. "If it's just a traffic violation and it's too dangerous to pursue someone, we terminate the chase."
"We have a no-chase policy," said Port Royal Police Chief James Cadien. "Unless it is a felony, or a serious crime, and (officers) know the person they are chasing was involved in that crime, what they are allowed to do is get a tag number, back off and let them go."
"You attempt to stop a car and if they decide they're going to go 110 mph, they're not going to go that fast if you're not behind them, pushing," Cadien said. "The harder you chase them, the faster they're going to go."
Calling off a police chase doesn't necessarily mean a suspect is going to get away. Armed with a tag number, vehicle description and suspect description, officers can track down culprits later and pursue charges, said Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner. Supervisors in Beaufort County must approve and monitor every chase, he said. They are also supposed to call off any chase that endangers the public unless the suspect would pose a greater danger if allowed to go free.
Just because one officer abandons a chase doesn't mean another won't be on the lookout just down the road or knocking on a suspect's door a few hours later. But Tanner said the dangers of chases are too great to pursue suspects who may be wanted for minor crimes.
That is everything I was saying before, right out of a police officers mouth. Hey sandman are you going to stick up for these cops too? Cause you know that would mean you would have to contradict yourself.
Huh? Howabout it?
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