PIT Maneuvers

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When a PIT results in death, do you think the officer should be charged with vehicular manslaughter? (Why/Why Not)

Subject: Re: PIT Maneuvers Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:25 am

Only if there was no existing danger before it - basically if the suspect was driving normally other than refusing to stop and there was no reason to assume they might commit violence (known to be armed etc.)

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The driver made a choice NOT to pull over, and demonstrated that they were willing to put the lives of others on the road in danger by cutting through traffic trying to evade arrest.

Making that decision means they accepted the risk.

They lost.

Posts : 1361 Join date : 2022-08-15 Location : Canada -BC

I'd love to know the reasoning in this case

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Heritage wrote:: I'd love to know the reasoning in this case

If you click the link in the OP, you'll then know the reason.

Posts : 431 Join date : 2022-08-23 Age : 37 Location : UK

going by the video they were not going at high speeds and the cop didnt hit him that hard cant see why the guy flipped though... iv seen rougher clips than this coming from london cops will ram people of a motorbike

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Jazzy wrote:

Heritage wrote:: I'd love to know the reasoning in this case

If you click the link in the OP, you'll then know the reason.

I did read it.

What I meant is the reasoning behind this manouever as opposed to other options with less-likely-to-be-fatal outcomes. If I was a family member of this person I'd be p**ed

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Heritage wrote:

Jazzy wrote:

Heritage wrote:: I'd love to know the reasoning in this case

If you click the link in the OP, you'll then know the reason.

I did read it.

What I meant is the reasoning behind this manouever as opposed to other options with less-likely-to-be-fatal outcomes. If I was a family member of this person I'd be p**ed

Sorry, I misunderstood. There is another option which I think should be used instead:

What do you think of this method?

Posts : 1361 Join date : 2022-08-15 Location : Canada -BC

Jazzy wrote:: There is another option which I think should be used instead:

What do you think of this method?

That's what comes to mind for me when I think of things like the video, and article, in the OP. Officers have so much at their disposal than more reckless manouvers to stop drivers who are already putting people at risk.
According to the OP article, the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt (her fault, I know...) But considering that, and the condition of the rear window, other means need to be considered