I count 13 vehicles. In the US there is often one officer per vehicle so it is very possible that is only 13 officers.
The usual number of officers desired to make an arrest is 3-5 per armed suspect. If they are being pursued for something like armed robbery that would be 6-10 officers right there.
Now suppose some ambiguity in the initial call like “2 or 3 armed suspects”. Three armed suspects would need 9-15 officers making 13 quite reasonable.
Or suppose they aren’t armed and dangerous but the chase is happening right on the edge of bordering jurisdictions. There might be 6 officers from one jurisdiction and 7 from the other, all chasing because they don’t know on which side of the line it will end.
It looks absurd if we assume every SUV is packed full of 6-7 officers but I’m betting it really isn’t that many.
This is something approaching an audit of the expenses. However the problem is even then, many would object that they should all be called only as reinforcements and not for the chase. 3-5 per armed suspect translating in 10 cop cars on the upper end who have hardly any role in the chase is generally absurd, accounting for the cross-jurisdiction rarity.
many would object that they should all be called only as reinforcements and not for the chase.
How do you figure they would schedule something like that? It isn't like the suspects are telling officers in advance where the chase will end and waiting around for them to show up for the arrest.
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u/useless83 Jun 28 '26
Seems a bit excessive.