High Speed Chase

http://whygovernment.blogspot.com/2010/05/high-speed-chases-are-killing-people.html

In regards to my colleagues article about thinking outside the box on police car chases I agree. Some other facts about the chases however though is the fact that police numbers right now due to the economy are way under. It is a lot easier to always catch the bad guy when the number of law enforcement officials is proportional to its jurisdiction. I looked on the Texas Department of Public Safety website the other day and they are wanting to hire 400 more officers in the next few years. 400, that really does show you how under staffed they are right now. I know in Colorado they have a no chase law that seems to be working for them very well. But, there should be steps put in place for which officers do call of a chase such as speed, neighborhood, other driver's safety and so on. On the yahoo the other day I saw a new spike strip they are testing out in which it is mounted to the officers vehicle and deploys on a stick that the officer can drive under the offenders wheels. With technology and thinking outside the box, I think the catch rate of 25% will begin to increase. Her comment about following for a certain amount of time though I do disagree with. The police got the numbers and can have cars with full gas tanks till the offender runs out. There should be no time limit on a chase. Safety obligations,yes! Time limit, no! What is this talk about raised fines? Really, have you had a ticket in the last few years, there already sky high. I know in Phoenix, AZ they have cameras on there highways that will send you a ticket in the mail just like red light cameras do now. There very spaced out and slow down the speeding through the area very well. The article had some good and bad points, but in the end I still agree with the article.