- After a decision in 2014 to not pursue some fleeing drivers, the Kansas City Police Department is changing its stance.
A new initiative, “Project Act: Addressing Crime Together,” allows police to pursue all drivers who flee traffic stops, with probable cause, KCTV5 reported. Initially, officers could only pursue fleeing drivers if they had committed a serious felony.
The CPD is experiencing something like three-to-seven cars fleeing traffic stops every single day if our sources are to be believed. Two-to-five are actually called off as "terminated pursuits." The percentage increase is in the hundreds as the criminals know almost every pursuit it called off as soon as it begins.
Kansas noticed something similar and decided that was the wrong message to send criminals. Of course, without some form of protection for the officers, we imagine that anyone chasing would still face civil liability in the event of injury or death, even though the fleeing driver is the one responsible. It will never happen here in Chicago, and therefore, carjackings and felonious fleeing and eluding will continue unabated.
Kansas noticed something similar and decided that was the wrong message to send criminals. Of course, without some form of protection for the officers, we imagine that anyone chasing would still face civil liability in the event of injury or death, even though the fleeing driver is the one responsible. It will never happen here in Chicago, and therefore, carjackings and felonious fleeing and eluding will continue unabated.
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