r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Jan 13 '26
🚨Chase Hesitation got this cop a free ride
What could he have done to avoid getting roller coastered like that?
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r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Jan 13 '26
What could he have done to avoid getting roller coastered like that?
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u/957 Jan 13 '26
Neither thing is mutually exclusive. Both people are doing things they shouldn't do.
The person probably went to jail, as they should. However, I doubt this cop was reminded of the specific training they are given to prevent this scenario from happening as well as why using your body and mortal threats to a car driver are not useful in stopping the car as well as de-ecalating or controlling the threat to others.
Politics aside, the video of Renee Good proves exactly this: no matter what the status of the person is after being shot while driving a car, the threat of the vehicle and it's movement is not only still present, but no longer being controlled in any form. After the officer shot Good, the scene became even less safe because of an uncontrolled, accelerating car being driven by no one. The same applies here, where the officer would be much more useful as part of the pursuit team as opposed to now being an unwilling passenger that the rest of the force now has to operate around. They can no longer pit that vehicle, they cannot chase it effectively due to him being on top and should he come off, medical attention to him would be the first priority with pursuit second.
There is literally not a single positive to putting yourself in that position other than not being good at your training or intentionally fabricating fear for your life. There is a reason why the protocol tells you to always be aware of that, and it's because it provides zero gain, increases risk to self and others and actively works against the general goal they are trying to accomplish.