Will someone please ask police chiefs what they expect to happen when trained drivers in souped-up police cars start to chase stolen cars driven by youngsters, mostly male, at high speeds through built-up areas (Named, father and baby killed after police chase, 12/11/18)? The risk of a crash has to be phenomenally high, and with it serious injuries or worse. Arresting thieves is important, but not important enough to warrant putting lives at risk, so that arrest targets can be met, and policemen can play at being Steve McQueen in Bullitt!
How many more innocent lives have to be lost before either police chief constables ban them in their areas, or a politician takes notice and starts campaigning to have them banned nationwide?
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