Most officers in Minnesota are forced to make judgment calls behind the wheel
By: Ryan Raiche, kaaltv.com
Police officers across Minnesota are forced to make a judgment call while behind the wheel on whether to engage in high-speed chases that could potentially jeopardize innocent lives.
Nearly 200 agencies leave those high-risk decisions up to officer discretion, according to a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS analysis of pursuit policies.
A national expert on police chases says those findings show departments are putting officers at a disadvantage by asking them to make risky decisions on the fly.
“You are putting that officer in a horrible position,” said Geoffrey Alpert, a professor at the University of South Carolina, who has studied police chases for 30 years. “How fair is that to the officer?
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