Saturday, 19 December 2020, 2:15 pm
A
new police pursuits policy that restricts most pursuits
of fleeing drivers, will save many lives, including the
lives of police and public, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.
Editor
Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety
campaigner, says the police have shown great courage by
backing away from the ‘cowboy posse’ mentality that has
dominated police pursuits for a century.
“The police
don’t like letting criminals escape, so it’s been very
hard for the police to accept that their existing pursuits
policy was doing more harm than good. Multiple police chases
ended in serious crashes and deaths, often of innocent