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Post by evp5O on Oct 9, 2009 11:47:59 GMT -5
County S.O. is in pursuit with Dallas P.D. behind them.
Rolling through the Metroplex right now if you are near a tv and interested.
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Post by Race Wide Open on Oct 10, 2009 0:50:18 GMT -5
This took a frustrated citizen, in his pick up truck, to end this pursuit after over 2 hours.
I find it amazing that police officers today have to just convoy after a fleeing perp and take a tour of the area. Watching that on AFN here in Afghanistan, all of us retired cops were ready to get sick. What an embarrassment for law enforcement on national and international news. We know that the cops had to follow their procedures and all, and that is what is wrong these days, these procedures. I could never imagine chasing a 10-16 car through NYC for over 2 hours. What a different era of policing these days. I feel for those cops, for I know every one of them would have loved to have ended that convoy within the first ten minutes.
We really have handcuffed our cops America.......
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Post by evp5O on Oct 10, 2009 0:57:18 GMT -5
The pick-up that pulled in front of him at the end was actually a
local L/E unit. There is much more to the story and for the reason
they didn't take him out earlier. The driver also advised the dispatcher
via cell that he had a bomb ready to go off in his vehicle.
The decision was made to let him get out of the Metroplex
for safety reasons.
What you saw during the start was due to the fact that
the Dallas PD will only stand back and not take out a fleeing
vehicle from another jurisdiction. A similar pursuit occurred
prior to this and many of the officers involved were written
up for their actions.
Lots of departments involved and lots of wet concrete covered
in clay and mud from recent floods. that stuff is like ice in some areas
when it gets wet. Glad everyone made it home safe.
Damn rear left rim on that F-150 held up forever.
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Post by Race Wide Open on Oct 10, 2009 2:18:57 GMT -5
Thanks E
AFN did not report the rest of that story. We had no idea regarding the possible bomb inside the truck, and now this all makes sense now.
True, and thats the bottom line, they all made it home for another day! Amen.
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Post by evp5O on Oct 10, 2009 2:20:58 GMT -5
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