Title_II wrote:So cops should pull over everyone with a gun safe?
<<Genesis93>> wrote:Title_II wrote:So cops should pull over everyone with a gun safe?
No, only those DRIVING away from a reported gun theft....
<<Genesis93>> wrote:Title, the relevance is that we are hammered as law abiding gun owners, apart from the barriers and hoops to owning, we need to lock them up, most importantly the police time and time again claim the theft from law abiding owners is driving the gun crime and supply of arms to what we should call the 2 shades of gray market (they can't agree whether its black or gray) they claim we're therefore responsible, even though theyve been called out many time.
The tards claims the handgun crime is all/mostly from stolen/previously legal handguns, then vicpol admit that (consider the XX thousands of illegal handguns around) only 6 had been stolen (still too many) during a 12m period, and they had zero evidence linking them to any crime.....
Then they ALLOW stolen guns to calmly drive away.....allegedly.
<<Genesis93>> wrote:The policy came in as a result of numerous death due to pursuit and the fleeing drivers meeting trees.... or the likes...
Baronvonrort wrote:Has anyone got a link for this story?
Rumour confirmed: Police unable to pursue stolen car containing stolen goods
Police confirmed a burglary at a Blackburn South house about 11.20am on Monday morning.
The Rumour File heard the getaway car - which itself was stolen - was identified shortly after the burglary, but could not be pursued when it sped away.
The offenders were still on the scene when the burglary was initially reported, but fled by the time police arrived. Police were told a gun safe had been stolen.
A car "with a gun safe hanging out" was spotted by police on Hawthorn Rd near Blackburn Rd shortly after.
The Sergeant who spotted the car activated his lights and indicated for the car to pull over, but it took off at speed. The Sergeant was unable to pursue the car, even though the licence plates showed it had been stolen, due to the Police pursuit policy.
http://www.3aw.com.au/news/rumour-confi ... l1njq.html
Police officer blows whistle on 'frustration' in force over no pursuit policy
A whistle-blowing police officer has told Neil Mitchell there's growing frustration within the force surrounding the controversial 'no pursuit' policy.
But the state's Assistant Police Commissioner has defended the new protocol, saying it's for community safety.
The policy has been called into question following the death of a 47-year-old mother-of-two at Mordialloc after she was critically injured in a head-on smash with an allegedly stolen BMW.
Bruce (not his real name) is a serving member and told 3AW Mornings that vehicle had been spotted by police on "several occasions" leading up to the crash, with "three or four" citings in one night alone.
But due to the new policy, officers were instructed not to pursue the vehicle.
"It's devastating," he told Neil Mitchell.
"There's a lot of good street police out there that aren't being allowed to do what they know how to do.
"I'm not saying we definitely would have stopped it – but we didn't do anything.
"Everything has been taken out of our hands."
The officer said discretionary power needed to be given back to those on the job.
He said the policy was undermining the police force on the road.
"It's embarrassing when cars pull up next to you and laugh, give you the bird and just take off – do a burnout right in front of you."
But Asst. Commissioner Doug Fryer hit back, saying there was a lot of misinformation surrounding the policy.
"Everyone is referring to it as a 'no pursuit' – that is not the case – it's a restricted pursuit policy," he explained.
"The safety of our community has to come first."
http://www.3aw.com.au/news/police-offic ... l1jp0.html
Elek wrote:Baronvonrort wrote:Has anyone got a link for this story?Rumour confirmed: Police unable to pursue stolen car containing stolen goods
Police confirmed a burglary at a Blackburn South house about 11.20am on Monday morning.
The Rumour File heard the getaway car - which itself was stolen - was identified shortly after the burglary, but could not be pursued when it sped away.
The offenders were still on the scene when the burglary was initially reported, but fled by the time police arrived. Police were told a gun safe had been stolen.
A car "with a gun safe hanging out" was spotted by police on Hawthorn Rd near Blackburn Rd shortly after.
The Sergeant who spotted the car activated his lights and indicated for the car to pull over, but it took off at speed. The Sergeant was unable to pursue the car, even though the licence plates showed it had been stolen, due to the Police pursuit policy.
http://www.3aw.com.au/news/rumour-confi ... l1njq.html
But Asst. Commissioner Doug Fryer hit back, saying there was a lot of misinformation surrounding the policy.
"Everyone is referring to it as a 'no pursuit' – that is not the case – it's a restricted pursuit policy," he explained.
"The safety of our community has to come first."
happyhunter wrote:The cops weigh up the circumstances at the time and make a risk assesment in the interest of somebody innocent being taken out versus the pursuit. Sounds like common sense? Arm chair experts blow hot air about a policy they don't even understand because a gun safe is mentioned.
happyhunter wrote:If you read the reports from police it's not a zero pursuit policy. The call is made by a senior officer back at base whether to chase or not. This has been part of the policy for years. Experienced TOG police in the right type of vehicle are involved in pursuits daily. You might assume that these types of media reports are beat up no different to reports on gun crime.
happyhunter wrote:If you read the reports from police it's not a zero pursuit policy. The call is made by a senior officer back at base whether to chase or not. This has been part of the policy for years.