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Real police pursuits happen every single day!

We'll update this page regularly. We use Google web bots to search newspapers and the Internet to find stories and links. Some
pursuits are certainly necessary, but many truly are not. The links below are just random samples from these internet searches.

We track the news every day to understand how this issue impacts families across the world. It's amazing, frightening and often
disheartening. Read a few, because in many cases another innocent person was victimized, hurt or killed.

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Paul Farris and Walid Chahine died in 2007. They did not need to.

Archived paulfarris.org-posted pursuit links beginning in 2013.  Call Jon if you need older archives.

Below are links from May 6, 2013 - JUST ONE DAY!

=== News - 8 new results for ["police chase"] ===

Toronto police chase ends with crashed van, two arrests Toronto Star A high-speed police chase ended with a minivan knocking down a hydro pole, hitting a parked car and crashing into a parking meter early Saturday morning. The chase began on Hwy. 401 shortly after 1 a.m. where the OPP were conducting RIDE spot checks ...
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Perth police pursuit hits 160km/h speeds WA today A man has been arrested after a 30-minute police chase through 14 Perth suburbs at speeds above 160km/h. The pursuit began at around 12.25am on Sunday, after officers attempted to stop a blue Holden Commodore on Westfield Road, Camillo.
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Great Massingham police chase crash: Suspect charged BBC News A 28-year-old man has been charged after a cyclist suffered serious arm injuries when he was hit by a van being pursued by police in Norfolk. The van was being followed by a police car with sirens on and lights flashing on the B1145 in King's Lynn on ...
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Caught on camera: Police chase fleeing burglar who mowed down an officer in ...
Daily Mail
This is the dramatic police chase on a suburban street which left an officer seriously injured in hospital after being mowed down by a suspected getaway car. West Midlands Police had been called to the Erdington area of Birmingham yesterday afternoon ...
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Suspects Lead Police Chase After Stealing From Home Depot CBS Local COMMERCE TWP. (WWJ) - A group of people who stole merchandise from Home Depot were arrested after leading deputies on a police chase through Oakland County. Police say they responded to the Home Depot store in the
400 block of Haggerty Road ...
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Police chase off burglars
Gettysburg Times
Police chase off burglars 0 comments. Cumberland Township Police warded off an attempted burglary Friday morning at A&A Auto Salvage on Chambersburg Road in Gettysburg, according to incident report filed Friday night. Police said the suspects forced ...
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Baby caught up in NSW police chase
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Baby caught up in NSW police chase. 1:46pm June 9, 2013. A couple and their baby have narrowly escaped injury after being caught up in a high-speed car chase through Sydney's west. Pilot parachuted to safety as plane crashed • Taronga keepers rear ...
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Man arrested after vehicle slams into cruiser during police chase CTV News One man was arrested after he allegedly slammed his car into a police cruiser while attempting to evade arrest in the downtown core early Saturday morning. Officers had attempted to pull over the man near Spadina Avenue and Adelaide Street shortly ...
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=== News - 2 new results for ["high speed pursuit"] ===

Three arrested in high speed pursuit
KEYT
A man hunt was underway in Montecito following a car chase on Highway 101 through Santa Barbara County. The chase began at the El Capitan area and speeds ...
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Virginia State Trooper injured in pursuit set to return home Kingsport Times News GATE CITY — A former Virginia State Trooper who was injured in the line of duty during an April high speed pursuit is set to return home to Scott County ...
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Police pursuit ends in crash on front yard of South Park home 10News Police pursuit ends in crash on front yard of South Park home. CHP pursuit 060713. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Car crashes during police pursuit
WAVY-TV
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - An SUV crashed into a utility pole while being pursued by police in Norfolk Friday evening. Karen Parker-Chesson with the Norfolk Police Department said officers were trying to stop traffic at the intersection of Delaware Street ...
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Duley arrested following police pursuit
Parkersburg News
PARKERSBURG - A Parkersburg man was arrested this morning after leading officers on a high-speed chase, officials said. Parkersburg Police Sgt.
Greg Collins said city police arrested Greg Alan Duley, 34, of Parkersburg, after his mini-van became stuck ...
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Man killed in crash following police pursuit in Derry Township was son of ...
Patriot-News
The man who fled from South Londonderry Township police Wednesday night during a traffic stop and died in a crash in Derry Township was the son of a former chief of police in Annville. Michael T. Burdge Jr., 20, of Palmyra, died from multiple traumatic ...
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Utah Officer Briefly Dragged During Police Pursuit Officer.com Utah Officer Briefly Dragged During Police Pursuit. Bubba Brown Source:
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah Created: June 7, 2013. A suspect is accused of driving away from a traffic stop, briefly dragging an Ogden officer with him. Related Content. Related ...
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2013 'Top Cops' honored in DC ceremony
Police News
When a carjacked victim's vehicle crashed following a police pursuit by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, the armed homicide suspect — who was shot by officers — continued to shoot. The terrified victim, with the help of two officers ...
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Ram raid duo in custody after crash
The Border Mail
The car used in Friday morning's ram raid in Wodonga crashed following a police pursuit in Griffith this morning, police said. Police said the Ford Falcon sedan crashed after it was pursued in the NSW city about 4am. Two men are understood to be in ...
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Teens charged over alleged pursuit - Narara NSW Police Online (press release) The alleged driver, aged 16, was charged with police pursuit – not stop – (Skye's Law), drive recklessly, take and drive conveyance without consent, drive with high-range PCA, and unlicensed driver. The alleged passenger, aged 17, was charged with ...
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Police pursuit suspect busted after jumping in river | news10.net SUTTER COUNTY, CA - What began as an attempted traffic stop in Woodland for a possible stolen car ended with a police pursuit into Sutter County and ...
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WSVN-TV - Police pursuit ends in crash
MIAMI (WSVN) -- Miami Police have arrested a South Florida driver after he attempted to outrun a police cruiser and crashed his vehicle, Tuesday night.
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Woman accused of leading police on high-speed chase through 3 counties Atlanta Journal Constitution What started out as routine surveillance by Cobb County deputies Thursday afternoon ended with Mieesha Kingstro, 36, accused of taking her mother and two children on a high-speed chase down I-75 through three counties. The Cobb County Sheriff's Office ...
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Man leads cops on a high speed chase through the streets of Philadelphia ...
Daily Mail
He got off, whilst driving off! When police in Philadelphia tried to arrest a man for openly masturbating in the street, he wasn't going to come easily. Charles Dockery led cops on a high-speed chase through the streets of Upper Darby before crashing ...
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Man Arrested After High Speed Chase
The Southside Messenger
A Buckingham man is in custody and a police car is seriously damaged after a chase that began in the Wylliesburg area of Charlotte County and ended in Hampden-Sydney in Prince Edward County around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
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Suspected Burglars Lead Sheriffs on High Speed Chase whnt.com LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Two men who police suspect of attempting to break into a business led police on a high speed chase. Around 2 p.m. on Friday, Lawrence County deputies responded to a call of someone trying to break into a business.
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Rayville man arrested after high-speed chase Monroe News Star A Rayville man was arrested following a high-speed chase Thursday that started in Caldwell Parish and ended in Richland Parish. David T.
Herrington, 40, was charged with two counts of burglary in Caldwell Parish and aggravated flight from an officer in ...
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Two charged in Etowah County high speed chase Alabama's13.com Darrell Scott Firestone and Amanda Michelle Sims are facing charges after leading police on a high-speed chase in the Ballplay community of Etowah County. ETOWAH COUNTY, AL -. A man and woman are charged, after a car chase involving Etowah ...
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Man in custody after high-speed chase
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CLEARFIELD — Police caught up with a man driving a stolen vehicle after he allegedly led them on a high-speed chase through Clearfield, Layton and into Morgan County. Jeffery Hill, 48, was booked into the Davis County Jail on suspicion of evading an ...
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Man caught in high-speed chase sentenced Coeur d'Alene Press COEUR d'ALENE - A 31-year-old Clarkston, Wash., man was sentenced to serve up to 15 years in state prison for drug trafficking and eluding police in a high-speed chase. Patrick S. Dalton was sentenced Thursday by 1st District Court Judge Benjamin ...
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Jennings County Man Arrested Following High-speed Chase NewsTalk 1010 WCSI Jennings County Man Arrested Following High-speed Chase. A Jennings County man is behind bars after leading a Jackson County Sheriff's deputy on a chase in a stolen car Thursday evening in the Brownstown area. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office ...
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Grady County deputies catch suspect in stolen vehicle case Chickasha Express Star A high-speed chase has led them to a foot chase in a field off of Highway 81. Oklahoma Highway Patrol is involved in the chase as well. The victim of the stolen property, owner of T&T Auto Sales in Newcastle Mike Terrel, said he awoke this morning to ...
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Driver leads Oakland County deputies on high speed chase ... - Detroit A driver led Oakland County Sheriffs' Deputies on a high speed police chase through ...
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