Flat out truth... Innocent people will die due to this policy.

Those "kids" shooting up the neighborhood and then running from the cops with guns made really bad life decisions. Those "kids" had little reverence for the sanctity of life as they randomly shot at people, things or whatever. It happens all the time.

Now, when a "shots fired" call comes in, why even bother investigating?

Then we hear about an 8-year-old little girl killed in her bed at home at 2:30 a.m.

Let me tell you this ... I'm not in law enforcement but I know little kids were killed in their homes because thugs "got away" at some point. Now, the politicians in Chicago are telling them flat out to run away with their guns so they can shoot up another joint a few days later.

That will result in more kids dying. Not may result or could result. WILL RESULT.

https://abc7chicago.com/man-fa...h-side-cpd/10701940/

Here’s a senseless shooting from just last night, shooter took off on foot.

Actually, I don't see any of the problems y'all are reading in this....

the big head line is no foot pursuit for a minor traffic incident..... so I bump into some other car and drive off.. .and a street cop is going to chase me down on foot? Seems the only limit to any of this is if I have only committed a class A misdemeanor ... what ever the heck that is.... and how the heck is a police officer supposed to know?

Its just a black mayor wanting to improve the life of her people. Why have a lousy cop ruin their evening by chasing and arresting them? They were having a good time and decided to shoot someone they happened across. Now the cops want them to spend the rest of the evening in the pokey. Just kids having fun (from Crocodile Dundee). Besides, the cops are getting paid/overpaid regardless if they give chase or not.

On the other hand, they could or maybe should just shoot the bastard if he decides to run. End of story. One less criminal. He was obviously guilty, he was running. Society is better off without the runner. Why waste your just eaten lunch. Now they can't call them lazy cops, its policy. You'll see the thug again tomorrow night, same neighborhood. What ever happened to the old policy of bouncing them off the nearest car or phone pole?

As bad as that is, it’s better than what they just did to us in WA with our wonderful new “police reform” legislation.

Best part is, according to one of our local benevolent leaders, apparently this years hot mess is “just a good start” on the way to “what we really need”.

Never thought I would say it, but I am now counting down the years until I can max retirement.

Bill R

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Actually, I don't see any of the problems y'all are reading in this....

the big head line is no foot pursuit for a minor traffic incident..... so I bump into some other car and drive off.. .and a street cop is going to chase me down on foot? Seems the only limit to any of this is if I have only committed a class A misdemeanor ... what ever the heck that is.... and how the heck is a police officer supposed to know?

I think the big headline is a bit different. As I understand it, they are referencing two recent shooting incidents as part of the reason for this new policy. In at least one case, officers were responding to "man with a gun" and "shots fired" calls. They have not definitively stated why they were trying to stop the other who was walking. (On video, we see both had guns when they were running and both pulled the guns during the chase.)

In a quick review of five news articles about this new policy, all of them specifically mentioned the two recent shootings. Four of five referenced them by the second paragraph.

In short, the inference is the new policy would allow the two involved to simply run away with no pursuit and they "would not have been shot."

What sort of mixed message does this send to officers?

Forget clearing 800...the march to 1,000 murders is on!

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Originally posted by rburg:

On the other hand, they could or maybe should just shoot the bastard if he decides to run.

Only if the perp is white.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Actually, I don't see any of the problems y'all are reading in this....

the big head line is no foot pursuit for a minor traffic incident..... so I bump into some other car and drive off.. .and a street cop is going to chase me down on foot? Seems the only limit to any of this is if I have only committed a class A misdemeanor ... what ever the heck that is.... and how the heck is a police officer supposed to know?

Uh...Did you read the whole thing?

Let's say you're a cop and got a call for (pick a crime - armed robbery, assault, shooting). You go to the area it occurred in and a hoodrat sees you and starts running away from you down an alley with his hands in his pockets. Did he commit a felony? Have you considered every possible alternative, or do you just let the likely perp run away because of this policy? Is the neighborhood safer now?

There really isn't a thoughtful response to this, so many things wrong with the concept, but one only needs to exit or stay for the paycheck and mitigate interaction with those who would jeopardize it (the paycheck)!

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What sort of mixed message does this send to officers?

and what does it say to the criminals...

Why don’t Leftists just cut to the chase? They want an unaccountable criminal society. Just do it already and let real men take out the trash.

Time to add Nike to my stock portfolio. Someone will be selling more running shoes.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Time to add Nike to my stock portfolio. Someone will be selling more running shoes.

You may want to rethink that as Nike stock will tank. With policies like this one spreading, who will actually pay for their Nikes anymore?

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Originally posted by Tonydec:
who will actually pay for their Nikes anymore?

They don't pay for them now, they shoplift/steal them.

Readers here should take the time to look at:

https://heyjackass.com/

... which is a statistical review of Chicago murder and mayhem, and an interesting read.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Actually, I don't see any of the problems y'all are reading in this....

the big head line is no foot pursuit for a minor traffic incident..... so I bump into some other car and drive off.. .and a street cop is going to chase me down on foot? Seems the only limit to any of this is if I have only committed a class A misdemeanor ... what ever the heck that is.... and how the heck is a police officer supposed to know?

You forgot about the dope and stolen gun in the runners pocket or Fanny pack that most are carrying these days.

How is a cop to know??? Running from something very small usually indicates something more is a foot.

If this was implemented before Chicago PD was on TV they would have to write every episode different since there was afoot chase in almost every episode.