NYPD tries new tactics to pursue fleeing criminals — but high-speed chase policy not fully formed; critics cite danger
It’s a tactic New York City police officers are using more often in cases of violent criminal suspects fleeing in motor vehicles — blocking traffic in the suspects’ likely escape path in hope of forcing them to surrender. But in a case June 30, alleged car thief William Pichardo, 32, wasn’t of a mind to let police impede his flight. He hit the gas, crashed through a line of police vehicles ...
Source: yahoo.com
