fizzle comments on Motorcycle police chase in Brazil

As you said, the public is unhappy when police are perceived to do nothing, and when police are perceived to cause an accident. Both are potential outcomes of any incident without the existence of any cycle.

Its absurd to suppose the police have a meeting and someone says "people are getting really grumpy that we're letting all the crooks get away so we better start chasing them again".

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's not the police themselves making these decisions, typically elected officials.

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[–] fizzle 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

So elected official calls the police commissioner and says "hey stop letting all the crooks get away we look silly", and that gets passed all the way down the line without one single person saying, "why don't we just assess each situation and make an intelligent decision as to whether the potential outcomes justify the risks".

Sorry boss, what you're saying just doesn't make any sense.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

Are you expecting the actions of elected officials to make sense?

And if you cared enough to pay attention, the rules around police pursuits do change frequently, moving backwards and forwards between permissive and restrictive of allowing chases.

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