I'd like to see the statistics on whether it is safer to the suspect, police, and community to just let fleeing suspects go (provided they can be identified).
Would it result in fewer problems, or more problems? They still have to apprehend the suspect, and what will he/she do in the meantime?
I wonder how a police chief even reacts to an officer that says "he looked scared and combative, so I just let him go". Would he get written up for being lazy and leaving the real work to other cops, or commended for not escalating a situation?
Would it result in fewer problems, or more problems? They still have to apprehend the suspect, and what will he/she do in the meantime?
I wonder how a police chief even reacts to an officer that says "he looked scared and combative, so I just let him go". Would he get written up for being lazy and leaving the real work to other cops, or commended for not escalating a situation?


