Pursuit
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ridgescan
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20:57 heard "been terminated on I580" 42.920
ridgescan
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21:01 "code 4 two in custody"
nice catch Norman.
nice catch Norman.
Hopefully it was for more than just resisting arrest. A pursuit that long isn't really justified with those charges.
JoeyC
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Would racking up additional charges along the way be reason enough to continue?
I don't think I've ever heard CHP terminate a pursuit to let the bad guy get away, where local PD command is quick to have them terminate.
I remember one CHP pursuit that started on the highway system and went onto the downtown streets of San Diego. SDPD joined but the SDPD Lieutenant ordered the pursuit to terminate due to the wrecklessness. After local PD dropped out, the Lt was heard again telling his dispatcher repeatedly to advise CHP to drop out, but CHP had no intention on doing that. This created a rather interesting exchange of head-butting between the two agencies as relayed by the dispatchers. IIRC CHP eventually got their man.
Ah and then I remember when I lived in Reno, Reno PD would initiate pursuits all the time when ppl ran, and the sergeant would almost immediately and instantaneously terminate it. Everyone got away in Reno when I was there...
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No actually. The additional charges are being created by the cops chasing him. What would you add? Speeding (infraction), reckless driving (another misdemeanor).
Think of it this way, would if be worth it to you if the cops were chasing a guy for that , who then crashed into and killed your family? I think not.
That's just the point I'm trying to make.
JoeyC
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Well I'm not up on my CA VC but I hear reference to felony evading all the time and I'll bet most that run are wanted (prior to the stop attempt) for other reasons besides running a red light.
In the future please put events in progress in the Incidents forum. Make sure to descriptively title your subject too. Thanks.
Dont want to get too far off track, but evading is in the 2800 section of the vehicle code if you want to know more. It can be a felony only if serious bodily injury occurs. So "felony evading" usually occurs only at the end of pursuits when they crash into someone
But if they are running, there is usually a reason why. Unfortunately the only way to find out why is by stopping the car. To most departments though, its not worth the civil liability to pursue.
I did a search and could not find the "Incidents" forum. Where does it hide?
California incidents forum is here.
It sounds like this chase was over 100MPH which as I recall falls into a higher category. I have heard several where they have terminated them. I also heard one recently that changed channels like this one did and was unable to hear Bronze but could hear everything else (including Ruby). I wonder what's up with Bronze.
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