🚀 go-pugleaf

Jafo wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:12:32 GMT, Bruce James Robert Linley wrote:
> 
> >Summary:
> 
>   <pompous evaluations by the self-important Linley snipped;
>    see thread>
> 
> >|From: jafo@cheetah.net (Jafo)
> >|   <More name calling. No contributions. Just wasting bytes.>
> 
> Sure thing, Bruce.  While you're at it, byte the following:
> 
> >The tally so far: There are several camps...
> >
> >(1) Use bazookas, 20mm cannons, etc. to blow away crooks and avoid high
> >    speed chases all together. Again, if the solution is so clear cut,
> >    why is it not being implemented? Hint: Excessive risk to the public.
> 
> Distantly related to what I said in Message-ID:
> <33e5e859.6950101@news.zippo.com>, but not quite, eh, Bruce?  It's a
> viable option, but would have few instances where it could be safely
> used.

Memories of WACO and MOVE headquarters comes to mind.
 
>   <snipped>
> 
> >My opinion (stated again after camp (2) rewrote it): Police need to evaluate
> >    the risk to the public of beginning a high speed chase in the pursuit
> >    of criminals who have committed *non-violent* (that means no rape, no
> >    assault with a deadly weapon, no murder, i.e. no people were hurt) crimes
> >    before puting innocents at risk. Recovering a stolen car is not worth
> >    a person's life. Even many police departments put out public service
> >    messages telling Joe Citizen to "cooperate with a criminal and hand over
> >    our wallet or car keys. They're not worth your life." Cops need to some-
> >    times consider taking their own advice and not chase that car at 100mph
> >    for expired tags. No I'm not saying let all criminals get away. No I'm
> >    not telling women to cooperate with a rapist. I'm saying evaluate the
> >    risks of a pursuit before committing to it. It's a tough choice to be
> >    sure. There is no perfect solution. But the motto of the police is to
> >    "serve and to protect." In other words, public safety must always be
> >    their number one concern, and not necessarily always getting their man
> >    at any cost.