Cincinnati, OH - Officer hit without warning

[Thunderbolt]

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Lockland police Officer Brandon Gehring apparently had no idea how close West Chester police were when he got out of his cruiser to lay stop sticks on Interstate 75 on Monday, radio transmissions obtained by The Enquirer show.

Officer hit without warning | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

 

[tekshogun]

That is just not good at all. States need to take the lead on organizing common radio systems. In North Carolina, by law, the State Highway Patrol is tasked with maintaining a statewide communications network. Well with many organizations moving off of low-band, VHF, and the 450+MHz UHF over to 800MHz, the VIPER system has been coming online and is already in use. I just hope it proves (which I think it has to some degree but in a specific situation like this?) to help save lives and to stop injuries like this from happening. Very preventable.

 

[OldsDoug]

Hit without warning?

Hit without warning? As opposed to hit with warning? Dumb headline...

 

[2Alpha]

A West Chester police report on the pursuit said that Burger saw Gehring in the far right-hand lane of southbound I-75 and took "evasive action" in an attempt to avoid running over the officer.

"Burger steered his vehicle to the right and struck the officer with the left side of his vehicle," said the report signed by Lt. David Tivin.

This surely makes one wonder???
Why didn't the article plainly say that the officer was killed? ... or was he?

2A

 

[K8TEK]

That is just not good at all. States need to take the lead on organizing common radio systems. In North Carolina, by law, the State Highway Patrol is tasked with maintaining a statewide communications network. Well with many organizations moving off of low-band, VHF, and the 450+MHz UHF over to 800MHz, the VIPER system has been coming online and is already in use. I just hope it proves (which I think it has to some degree but in a specific situation like this?) to help save lives and to stop injuries like this from happening. Very preventable.

Ohio has MARCS, the same thing as your beloved VIPER system.

 

[W8RMH]

This is not about communications. These high speed pursuits are extremely dangerous and need to be controlled. Are the lives of these officers and the public worth the apprehension of a violator ? What if this officer had struck a school bus at 80+ MPH with 70 children onboard ?
With the new technologies available today, such as aircraft, electronics, investigative skills, and yes, some great new radio technology, sometimes it is just better to "back-off". I think these pursuit policies need to be seriously addressed. In Ohio, the law states "an officer must operate his vehicle with due regard for public safety."
I have worked for over 30 years in public safety and have been in many, many pursuits. I have experienced that "adrenaline rush" which can impair one's judgment. Many times I'd looked back afterwards and wondered "what the heck was I doing." I have seen many officers and civilians maimed or killed by this dangerous practice. Wake Up America.

 

[tekshogun]

Ohio has MARCS, the same thing as your beloved VIPER system.

Whoa, I'd hardly call it beloved. I know for sure what it is, insanely expensive.

 

[gmclam]

This is not about communications. These high speed pursuits are extremely dangerous and need to be controlled. Are the lives of these officers and the public worth the apprehension of a violator ? What if this officer had struck a school bus at 80+ MPH with 70 children onboard ?
With the new technologies available today, such as aircraft, electronics, investigative skills, and yes, some great new radio technology, sometimes it is just better to "back-off". I think these pursuit policies need to be seriously addressed. In Ohio, the law states "an officer must operate his vehicle with due regard for public safety."
I have worked for over 30 years in public safety and have been in many, many pursuits. I have experienced that "adrenaline rush" which can impair one's judgment. Many times I'd looked back afterwards and wondered "what the heck was I doing." I have seen many officers and civilians maimed or killed by this dangerous practice. Wake Up America.

This sounds like a Catch-22. If we've got people out there who are already running from LE because of a warrant/etc, what's to keep everyone from just running? I hear these pursuits all the time here in California, and I often wish LE could just shoot the idiot who fails to stop and gets into a (high speed) chase. If those fleeing thought their life was going to end right then and there, perhaps it would reduce the number of chases and foot bails.

 

[tekshogun]

This sounds like a Catch-22. If we've got people out there who are already running from LE because of a warrant/etc, what's to keep everyone from just running? I hear these pursuits all the time here in California, and I often wish LE could just shoot the idiot who fails to stop and gets into a (high speed) chase. If those fleeing thought their life was going to end right then and there, perhaps it would reduce the number of chases and foot bails.

There was once a time where that was true but being in such a "globalised" (yes, with an S to show my point) world and heavily populated LEO's can't just shoot anyone that runs and well, it just isn't right. Now when that person running starts trying to hurt/kill other people with the vehicle or they shoot then it's open season their butts; granted we, the civilians, are not in the way which is often the case. You can't let everyone run. Who knows what they did fully and they should be caught to help give full circle to the justice system. Better coordination and inter-department training should take place and that has been happening across the country but obviously not everywhere and even where it this cooperation has taken place, unfortunate casualties still occur. In the end, like you said, it is a Catch-22 and Life = Plenty of Catch-22's.