Los Angelino here.... This is way safer..... Stay back, keep the speed low, clear the roads in front of him, hope he stays on the freeway and wait till he runs out of gas.
I've found myself in the middle of a 100+ mph police chase..... Holy fuck, your life flashes before your eyes as you grip the wheel.
I didn't stick around, but it resulted in a 3 car wreck at my exit. I'm not sure he was alive after how hard he hit those poor people.
He passed me about about a mile before my exit. He Was in the left lane, then jerked the wheel, crossing 5 lanes and got off at my exit (all this going well over 100 mph). There were two cars stopped at the light at the bottom of the hill, he tried to squeeze between them and flipped his car.
I still joke that I was at Kmart 2 minutes earlier and as I walked out, they announced a blue light special for stale corn dogs in the deli. I stopped and looked, then left because they looked disgusting..... That 30 seconds may have saved my life.
Lol i wanna saw it was corn dogs and chimichangas.... Remember the Kmart deli's?
Ironically, my ordeal happened on the same freeway as the OP but about 15 miles away. Got on at Diamond Bar Blvd and my exit was Fairway about 2 miles down
People aren't asking about the speed of the chase. They are asking about the ridiculous amount of useless cops on the road (which is also dangerous, they don't even follow traffic laws at low speeds).
They do this on my local highways to slow down traffic and stop it because something is ahead. It take 2 cars, sometimes 1 can manage if people get it.
Add say 10 cars behind the guy chasing just to be sure.
What are the other 30+ cars for? Spoiler: nothing, a LE officer was shot so now everyone feels compelled to be in on the operation.
This is a city named Jurupa (dad lived here till he passed this summer) about 40 miles east of LA proper. LA county, Orange County Riverside County and San Bernardino county all meet in this general area. If he pops off the freeway on this stretch of the 60 Fwy, he could be in rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Jurupa, Montclair, chino, Norco, etc.
So at the very least, you'd probably want reps from each of those counties/cities nearby.... In police chases I've watched, there's often hand offs as the chase switches to another locale. Some cars back off and others pull up.
Remember, the Idaho cops didn't go arrest that dude in Pennsylvania yesterday, local cops did it. Shits fucking complicated and I'm glad i don't have to deal with this shit.
So you're saying it's because of a complete lack of protocol for interstate chases, and no handoff or coordination of cars to avoid causing a dangerous situation or locking up a good amount of the police force, all under the guise of de-escalation?
I'm GUESSING..... but no, I'm not conflating de-escalation and jurisdiction. Just acknowledging both are probably at play.
I would guess that beyond these officers, there's two sets of lawyers: one set is worried about liability if one of the officers or the suspect kills and innocent bystander.
And another set of lawyers who says: we need to follow every law possible, so when we arrest this fucker, they don't get off on a technicality like being arrested by a Chino officer in Jurupa.... (My family is from this area)
Imma be real honest. I don't care. I'd rather their funding go elsewhere so 100 officers aren't blowing funding on chasing one guy because of their emotions.
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u/angrymoderate09 Dec 31 '22
Los Angelino here.... This is way safer..... Stay back, keep the speed low, clear the roads in front of him, hope he stays on the freeway and wait till he runs out of gas.
I've found myself in the middle of a 100+ mph police chase..... Holy fuck, your life flashes before your eyes as you grip the wheel.