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Advocacy against unnecessary high speed police pursuits.
So how often do high speed police pursuits happen? EVERY SINGLE DAY. Some pursuits are certainly necessary, but many truly are not. The links below are just random samples from our 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. Below are a few story links (our thanks to Google News and Blog Alerts) from July 17 & 18, 2010 (just two days). We'll update these regularly.
=== Google News Alert for: "police pursuit" ===
One dead after police pursuit
WISH
OWEN COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) - In other news, one person is dead following a police pursuit earlier this morning on state road 46 near Elletsville. ...
<http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/one-dead-after-police-pursuit>
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Police Pursuit Ends With Crash, Driver Ejected KTUL (blog) A driver leads police on a high speed chase then crashes the car in Catoosa. A caller reported the guy was driving recklessly. And officers used the police ...
<http://www.ktul.com/Global/story.asp?S=12827762>
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Collinsville police officer shoots suspect in car break-ins Belleville News Democrat ... A suspect in car break-ins was shot by a Collinsville police officer and another man was injured in a crash after a police pursuit Saturday afternoon. ...
<http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/18/1333227/collinsville-police-officer-shoots.html>
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Motorcycle Crashes During Police Pursuit KSAL According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 25-year-old Robert Wooster Jr. was on a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle, being pursued by the Riley County Police Department. ...
<http://www.ksallink.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=13947&format=html>
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Three Arrested After Pursuit Through North Sac CBS 13 A police pursuit through a North Sacramento neighborhood ended with the arrest of three suspects on multiple weapon and drug possession charges, ...
<http://cbs13.com/local/north.sacramento.pursuit.2.1810731.html>
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Owen County chase ends with one dead
Fox 59
One person is dead after a police pursuit near the Owen/Monroe County line early Sunday morning. Police say a driver fled a traffic stop on State Road 46. ...
<http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-fatal-police-pursuit-071810,0,1016437.story>
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Police Chase Results in Death of 15 Year Old :: Georgia Injury ...
"What we have here is a dumb, young criminal making another poor decision,"
said John Phillips, a national police-pursuit critic. "We should not compound their bad decisions with our own." Phillips, whose sister was killed in a similar ...
<http://www.georgiainjurylawyerblog.com/2010/07/police_chase_results_in_death.html>
Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog
<http://www.georgiainjurylawyerblog.com/>
LA police find pot stash in railroad tanker By MURT http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/...road_marijuana LOS ANGELES – A late-night police pursuit ended with a drug bust and the discovery Monday of.
Squat the Planet Forums
<http://squattheplanet.com/community/>
Manahawakin United Methodist Church Pastor's Blog: A Blood Drive By outreach “Nita Friedman is not the type of person you would imagine to be involved in a police pursuit. Still, that's what happened on U.S. highway 95 after Bonners Ferry, Idaho, police chief Mike Hutter tried to stop her for reckless driving. ...
<http://manahawakinmethodist.blogspot.com/2010/07/blood-drive.html>
Manahawakin United Methodist...
<http://manahawakinmethodist.blogspot.com/>
Accident on Canberra Avenue today | The RiotACT By boneymaloney In fact, within spitting distance of the location where the police pursuit ended badly a couple of months ago. Does anybody know what was up? There was a sheet erected as we passed, so I'm guessing some poor motorcyclist got whacked. ...
<http://the-riotact.com/?p=24620>
The RiotACT
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Drag Race Leads to Police Pursuit | The Vermont Standard By Eric Francis Standard Correspondent BETHEL – An Army National Guardsman who was supposed to be under house arrest while waiting to resolve several.
<http://www.thevermontstandard.com/2010/07/drag-race-leads-to-police-pursuit/>
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High-speed chase in Oswego County ends in one-car crash NewsChannel 9 WSYR MEXICO, NY (WSYR-TV) – Sheriff's deputies were taken on a high-speed chase that started in the Town of Parish Saturday morning. The Oswego County 911 center ...
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UPDATE: Route 11 re-open after high-speed chase : News : WSTM NBC3 By CNY Central Staff Owsego County 911 tells CNY Central deputies began pursuing a car just before 8am in the Parish area.
<http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=483997>
CNY Central - Local News
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UPDATE: High-speed chase in Oswego County ends in one-car crash ...
Sheriff's deputies were taken on a high-speed chase that started in the Town of Parish Saturday morning. The Oswego County 911 center says the chase ended when the vehicle that was fleeing authorities rolled over in Mexico.
News Channel 9: Local News
<http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/>
Butler Twp. man arrested after high-speed chase | California DUI ...
By admin
Man arrested for new DUI hours after pleading not guilty to DUI A Billings man who pleaded not guilty to a felonydrunken-driving charge in District Court on.
California DUI Legal News & Help
<http://www.dui-attorney-news.com/california/>
Police: Delray man tossed 18-month-old from car during chase ...
By Don
A man tossed his 18-month-old niece out of a moving car, then led police on a high speed chase that ended with him wrestling with officers, according to.
<http://www.myelection.info/other/police-delray-man-tossed-18-month-old-from-car-during-chase>
MyElection.info
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High-speed chase on turnpike leads to arrest of West Chester man ...
When a trooper pulled out from his space, the motorcycle's driver, Francis Rocky Edward Ryan, 23, of 1490 Wayne Dr., West Chester, allegedly drastically ...
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/s_690332.html>
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Northwoods Man Leads Deputies on High Speed Chase WJFW-TV SUGAR CAMP - A Rhinelander man is in jail after leading deputies on a high speed chase this week and then hiding from authorities. ...
<http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20100717200843>
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High-speed chase in Oswego County ends in one-car crash NewsChannel 9 WSYR Mexico (WSYR-TV) Deputies say a man took them on a chase through several towns, hitting three other cars, and reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per ...
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Charges for motorist in chase
Jackson County Floridan
By MORGAN CARLSON | Floridan Staff Writer The driver involved in a high speed chase Tuesday night is facing multiple charges filed by the Florida Fish and ...
<http://www2.jcfloridan.com/news/2010/jul/17/charges-motorist-chase-ar-593440/>
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Police chase ends with injury
Topeka Capital Journal
By The Capital-Journal An Ottawa man was injured early Saturday morning when he crashed his motorcycle in the midst of a high-speed chase in Riley County, ...
<http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-07-17/police_chase_ends_with_injury>
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High Speed Pursuit Leeds to Traffic Accident Along Camp-Townsend Winona Road Northern Arizona Today The fleeing vehicle made an abrupt U-turn and began traveling east at a high rate of speed. At approximately 2:33 pm the driver of the vehicle lost control ...
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'Oxygen robber' dies in car accident in Maryland, police say CNN By the CNN Wire Staff The man who died in a crash after a high-speed chase by police in Maryland was identified as Arthur Williams, 63. ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/16/new.york.oxygen.robber/?hpt=Sbin>
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High-speed chase turned foot race ends in arrest of naked man in ...
A 25-year-old man who allegedly eluded police during a high-speed car chase and foot pursuit was caught more than four hours later — buck naked — while ...
<http://www.twincities.com/ci_15535835?source=most_emailed>
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Man tosses baby out of moving car in police chase MiamiHerald.com A 21-year-old accused of tossing his 18-month-old niece out of a moving car during a Delray Beach police chase is being held in jail. ...
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/17/1734698/man-tosses-baby-out-of-moving.html>
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Police: Car Thief Causes Police Chase
WDIV Detroit
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- A man is accused of stealing a car and leading police on a chase before officers catch him. The suspect is accused of breaking into a ...
<http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/24297028/detail.html>
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Collinsville Police chase ends with arrests KSDK Collinsville, Illinois (KSDK) -- A police chase ends with two of the three suspects taken to the hospital. Illinois State Police tell NewsChannel Five they ...
<http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=207769&catid=3>
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Little Rock man dies in crash during police chase WXVT AP - July 17, 2010 1:04 PM ET LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A man killed when his pickup truck crashed into a creek during a police chase along Interstate 30 in ...
<http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12826426>
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Boy drowns in police chase of protesters in Kashmir Hindustan Times Protests broke out in north Kashmir's Baramulla district late Saturday evening when a boy was drowned in a police chase of protesters near a bridge in the ...
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France vows to restore order after rioting in Grenoble BBC News Riots rocked the city's run-down suburb of Villeneuve on Friday night as people protested at the death of a suspected armed robber during a police chase. ...
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10674539>
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<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10674539&hl=en&geo=us>
Man Apprehended by Witness After Police Chase, Crash WYTV A man faces charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through a Warren neighborhood Friday. According to police, at about 2 pm, ...
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Suspect Leads Officers on Chase Across County Lines NewsChannel5.com A police chase through three cities this weekend ended with a man in jail.
It all started in Smyrna and ended in Antioch on Saturday evening. ...
<http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12827468>
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Police Chase Ends at FOX 2 Parking Lot
MyFox Detroit
myFOXDetroit.com Staff Reports - FOX 2's job is to deliver you the news, but this morning the news came to us. Police have caught the suspect who led them ...
<http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/breaking-news-comes-to-fox-2>
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Siblings jailed in chase
Altoona Mirror
An alleged high-speed police chase landed two Indiana County brothers in jail after they ran out of road in Antis Township. Thursday's seven-mile pursuit by ...
<http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/540460/Siblings-jailed-in-chase.html?nav=742>
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Oxygen Tank-Toting Thug Dies In Police Chase By Jeff Neumann The oxygen tank-carrying old man accused of robbing a clothing store in Manhattan last week died in a car accident after being chased by police in Maryland this morning. He is identified as 63-year-old Arthur Williams, from Gadsden, ...
<http://gawker.com/5589593/oxygen-tank+toting-thug-dies-in-police-chase>
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Education For The Driving Masses: Police chase litters highway ...
By Cindy Smith, Editor, Education for the...
ONTARIO - A police chase through Smiths Falls, south east of Ottawa, had motorists stopping along the highway to scoop up thousands of contraband cigarettes scattered on the road on Friday. Ontario Provincial Police say the chase ...
<http://www.educationforthedrivingmasses.com/2010/07/police-chase-litters-highway-with.html>
Education For The Driving Masses
<http://www.educationforthedrivingmasses.com/>
Little Rock Man Dies in Crash During Police Chase | Arkansas News By Zack Stovall Little Rock Man Dies in Crash During Police Chase. Posted on 17 July 2010.
A man killed when his pickup truck crashed into a creek during a police chase along Interstate 30 in south Little Rock has been identified. from Channel 7 ...
<http://arkansasnews.com/2010/07/17/little-rock-man-dies-in-crash-during-police-chase/>
Arkansas News
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Motorcyclist dies during police pursuit
Glendale News Press
By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com GLENDALE — A motorcyclist died early Friday after he hit a curb and crashed in an attempt to flee from police ...
<http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-death-20100717,0,4722907.story>
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Rubber burnt in police pursuit
Shepparton News
MELBOURNE: A 17-year-old suspected car thief and his passenger have survived a high-speed crash after a police chase in which the vehicle travelled 12 km on ...
<http://www.sheppnews.com.au/article.aspx?id=1166111>
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Police pursuit crash suspects charged with Richmond Heights robbery KSDK ... has charged three men in connection to an armed robbery in Richmond Heights which ended with a police pursuit and car crash in downtown St.
Louis. ...
<http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=207655&catid=3>
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Driver leads troopers on 11-mile pursuit Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) An 11-mile police pursuit ended Tuesday with a 42-year-old man in King County Jail for investigation of felony eluding and driving with a suspended license. ...
<http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/214755.asp>
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Man charged after dangerous car chase
Sydney Morning Herald
A man who sped down a footpath during a police pursuit on the Central Coast has been charged under the anti-evading legislation known as Skye's Law.
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Officer injured during marathon pursuit
Sydney Morning Herald
A police officer fell down a hill, broke his hand and was punched during a marathon foot pursuit of a shoplifter on the NSW Central Coast. ...
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Omaha Officer Fires Shots At Fleeing Suspect KETV Omaha An Omaha Police Officer fired shots at a suspect during a foot pursuit near 24th and Laurel Avenue Friday afternoon. No one was wounded by the gunfire, ...
<http://www.ketv.com/news/24290142/detail.html>
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High-speed chase turned foot race ends in arrest of naked man in Woodbury Pioneer Press By Elizabeth Mohr A 25-year-old man who allegedly eluded police during a high-speed car chase and foot pursuit was caught more than four hours later — buck ...
<http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_15535835>
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Drums man charged after high-speed chase Standard Speaker A Drums man faces multiple charges after leading troopers on a high-speed chase on Route 309 through Mountain Top with his pregnant girlfriend in the car ...
<http://standardspeaker.com/news/police-july-17-1.892837>
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Man Apprehended by Witness After Police Chase, Crash WYTV A man faces charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through a Warren neighborhood with his 16-year-old son in the car Friday. ...
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'Oxygen robber' found dead in Maryland, police say CNN By the CNN Wire Staff The man who died in a crash after a high-speed chase by police in Maryland was identified as Arthur Williams, 63. ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/16/new.york.oxygen.robber/>
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Salina man sought after chase is arrested when he seeks water Salina Journal A 34-year-old Salina man accused of leading Kansas Highway Patrol troopers on a high-speed chase through Lindsborg and beyond Friday morning was arrested ...
<http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/chase-7-16-10>
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High speed chase ends with fatal crash - FOX16.com Little Rock, AR A routine traffic stop in Bryant turned into a fatal high speed chase.
FOX16 Local News
<http://www.fox16.com/news/local/>
High-speed rush-hour chase ends in suspect's death | Arkansas News By ldelavan High-speed rush-hour chase ends in suspect's death. Posted on 16 July 2010.
LITTLE ROCK — A man in a pickup that crashed during a high-speed chase during rush hour today on Interstate 30 in Little Rock is dead. ...
<http://arkansasnews.com/2010/07/16/high-speed-chase-on-i-30-ends-in-suspects-death/>
Arkansas News
Police arrest 4 following high-speed chase through Highlands ...
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Texas DUI Legal News & Help
<http://www.dui-attorney-news.com/Texas/>
VIDEO: Chase ends in fatal crash on I-30 A driver who led a trooper on a high-speed chase was killed Friday morning as his pickup hit a guardrail and fell into a creek at Interstate 30 near Otter Creek, authorities say. Eastbound traffic was at a near standstill after the ...
<http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/jul/16/submerged-car-reported-near-i-30-traffic-snarled/>
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