"Citizens'170 km/h car chase aids in arrest"

[mariomike]

"Two Ottawa men's decision to chase a car through residential roads at speeds exceeding 170 km/h to catch a suspected rapist has sparked a debate as to how far citizens should go when trying to help police."
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/699171

"Spezza or O'Connor won't be charged because they were under police supervision at the time."

 

[Shec]

I fervently hope that those clowns at silly hall don't assess yet another levy on  property taxes so that they can re-equip the police with Porsche 997's.

 

[danchapps]

I fervently hope that those clowns at silly hall don't assess yet another levy on  property taxes so that they can re-equip the police with Porsche 997's.

What the province should do is have a "proceeds of crime" law similar to that in California and other States. That law allows the State (juristiction) to seize vehicles, property, and I believe cash as well, and use it to improve the Department. When the Highway Patrol is cruising around in Corvettes and Porches you know they mean business!

 

[George Wallace]

What the province should do is have a "proceeds of crime" law similar to that in California and other States. That law allows the State (juristiction) to seize vehicles, property, and I believe cash as well, and use it to improve the Department. When the Highway Patrol is cruising around in Corvettes and Porches you know they mean business!

;D

In this case the Police would have confiscated a blue Pontiac Wave.

 

[PMedMoe]

Despite the two cars reaching speeds of over 170 km/h, the dispatcher didn't tell the men to stop the pursuit, confirmed Ottawa Police Chief Vern White.

"Our operator did not do what he should have done .... Thank God nothing happened," he said.

White said the department has no policy on citizen pursuits, adding that common sense should always prevail.

"If this had been a police pursuit, we would have stopped it. You don't do that with a victim in the back seat," he said.

"When they put her in the back of the car, that was heroism," White said. "What happened after wasn't."

He said Spezza or O'Connor won't be charged because they were under police supervision at the time.

A bit contradictory, no?  ???  I think it's great but I wouldn't have wanted to be in that Porsche.  :-X

 

[mariomike]

I think it's great but I wouldn't have wanted to be in that Porsche.  :-X

I think they are deathtraps. James Dean was driving a Porche versus a Ford. The guy in the Ford walked way. Dean was D.O.A. and his passenger severely injured:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhwUjohJ0g

 

[PMedMoe]

Best comment on the link:

For the love of Patio Lanterns

With bated breath I wonder -- did they make it back on time for the Kim Mitchell concert??

;D

 

[Fishbone Jones]

What the province should do is have a "proceeds of crime" law similar to that in California and other States. That law allows the State (juristiction) to seize vehicles, property, and I believe cash as well, and use it to improve the Department. When the Highway Patrol is cruising around in Corvettes and Porches you know they mean business!

Ontario already does.

 

[danchapps]

Ontario already does.

I wasn't aware Ontario had this law. I knew they had the "We crush your car if you street race" law, but not the "We're gonna cruise around in your blue Pontiac Vibe cause you lost it in a car chase!" law.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

They been known to hand out confiscated weapons to hamstrung  ERTs and sell off property and dole out the cash. It wouldn't suprise me if they passed themselves off as (undercover) drug dealers using your blue vibe, at least til they auctioned it off.

 

[CEEBEE501]

What self respecting drug dealer drives a Pontiac vibe/wave......? 

 

[Fishbone Jones]

What self respecting drug dealer drives a Pontiac vibe/wave......? 

I would know. Just surmising.

I don't know any drug dealers.

I don't know what a Vibe looks like.

Nor do I care to make the aquaintence of either.