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A high-speed car chase that began with an apparent carjacking in Santa Maria ended in San Luis Obispo after California Highway Patrol officers used a spike strip to stop the suspect’s car ...
The chase was reportedly so popular that, when one station switched to a rerun of Matlock, several viewers called in to complain and request they continue airing the chase. This convinced stations to show further live coverage of police pursuits. [10] [11] In 2002, 700 pursuits were reported in the city of Los Angeles. [12]
Wednesday's chase began around 4:45 p.m., when officers saw the driver of a black Honda Civic commit traffic violations near Auto Center Drive and the 5 Freeway in Fullerton, Radus said. The man ...
During high-speed pursuits of suspects, officers can become angry and filled with adrenaline, which can affect their judgment when they finally apprehend the suspect. The resulting loss of judgment and heightened emotional state can result in inappropriate use of force. The effect is colloquially known as "high-speed pursuit syndrome". [24]
A woman was arrested after she drove her car with two dogs on board into the Pacific Ocean near Venice Beach to evade officers, according to the California Highway Patrol.
World's Wildest Police Videos (shortened to Police Videos during its fourth season) [3] is an American reality television series that ran on Fox from 1998 to 2001. [3] [4] In 2012, Spike announced that it had commissioned 13 new episodes with the revival of the original name and John Bunnell returning as host, [5] which premiered on May 7, 2012, and ended on August 13, 2012.
A high-speed chase in Ontario over the weekend ended in a multicar collision and the deaths of two people: a bystander whose car was smashed in the wreck, and the suspect, who was shot by police.
Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving a lawsuit against a sheriff's deputy brought by a motorist who was paralyzed after the officer ran his eluding vehicle off the road during a high-speed car chase. [1]