Police Chase on I-35 in Iowa

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11/26/2009
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Police Chase on I-35 in Iowa

This accidental death raises the question, are high speed chases really necessary?

On Wednesday October 14^th 2009 at about 2:30 in the morning an officer noticed a car driving erratically; when the officer attempted to pull the vehicle over the driver refused and a chase ensued. Troopers are reporting that the driver tried to elude officers and that the chase hit speeds of 100 miles per hour. When the driver was near Ames he cut across the median and went head-on into oncoming traffic. Shortly thereafter the suspect hit a semi head-on and was killed as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash. The trucker only suffered minor injuries and refused medical attention.

Could this death have been avoided? Should law abiding citizens be put at risk from high-speed police chases? Remember I'm not talking about the runner here; I'm talking about the soccer vans and sedans with no dog in this fight who unsuspectingly get pulled into the fray when the idiot comes across the median and starts traveling against the traffic. Those are the innocent people. The driver would have no reason to driver the wrong way on an Interstate if law enforcement weren't chasing him. Why not just follow him quietly, call ahead and set up a road block or put down nail strips?

Is this about law enforcement or law enforcement ego? What if the vehicle the suspect had hit was one carrying a mother and child and the accident caused their death; would we all be congratulating the officer or outraged about the senseless deaths? At what point do we draw the line and say that the danger caused by a high speed chase outweighs the benefit gained from catching them immediately? One of the reasons that we have license plates is so that our cars can be identified in cases like these. Why not just follow until he runs out of gas? Is an interstate highway high-speed chase an unacceptable level of risk to other citizens?

The debate goes on.

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