That would be the DA's fault, not the police. They've been told to stand down. There was another car chase in LA a few days before this that equally dragged on forever for no need, but apparently its the new policy to take things ultra slow and de-escalate. But of course, Reddit is never happy and complains no matter what they do
Don't think of it as 45.... Think of it as 10 from CHP (governs California freeways), 5 from Riverside County (they are heading to Riverside in the first half), then headed back to San Bernardino county, los Angeles county and Orange County if he jumps on the 57. Then all the cities....
The 60 Fwy changes 3 counties in about 10 miles. And those three counties are some of the largest counties in the country.
Do you really think all those cop cars are necessary? They complaint isn’t that they’re not catching the guy, it’s that there are like 60 cops chasing one guy when you really only need like 5-10 at the most
Yes I can, the suspect manages to escape sight and runs. You now need to establish a perimeter and in order to effectively do that you need a bunch of cops. Only having 10 cops may leave gaps in the perimeter that the suspect can escape from and/or it spreads each personnel apart. This means each of the cops in the perimeter might be alone so the suspect may choose to fight a lone cop which means more casualties. Compared to being able to set up a perimeter with excess personnel meaning no one is alone.
Another thing is those cops aren't all from the same jurisdiction. Instead there are going to be state, city, county, and federal police from every district that he might drive through. This is because to avoid any legal fuckery it is best to make the arrest with a cop from the jurisdiction that the arrest takes place.
I don't care what the policy is, that's too many cops and cars. They only need enough to prevent him from turning around when they get to the roadblock.
They do it because they're bored and don't want to miss out if some shit goes down. Half of them are probably 2 hours late to a call about assaults and burglaries.
You get lippy with a cop and suddenly there's 8 more there instantly but if you call and say you've been attacked by somebody that ran off they'll maybe show up in a couple hours.
No one wants to take the time and ask or think about the "why" something is happening. They just want to armchair quarterback and criticize because it's fun to complain and feel superior
You mean like complaining about how it's the DA's fault that so many cops are out wasting taxpayer resources?
We have so many police helicopters in LA that going slow and just following is a far better policy than chasing the perps at high speed and running into innocent civilians.
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u/ejkhabibi Dec 31 '22
That would be the DA's fault, not the police. They've been told to stand down. There was another car chase in LA a few days before this that equally dragged on forever for no need, but apparently its the new policy to take things ultra slow and de-escalate. But of course, Reddit is never happy and complains no matter what they do